"I can give you no explanation," said Margaret, in a low voice. "I have done wrong, but not in the way you think or know about. I think Mr. Thornton judges me more mercifully than you;"--she had hard work to keep herself from choking with her tears--"but, I believe, madam, you mean to do rightly."

'I can give you no explanation,' said Margaret, in a low voice. 'I have done wrong, but not in the way you think. Mr. Thornton judges me more mercifully than you;' - she had hard work to keep herself from choking with her tears - 'but, I believe, madam, you mean to do rightly.'
