"But I will save you still, if he has left the estate to me. I do not desire to take it from you. As God in heaven sees me, I have never ceased to endeavour to protect your interests here at Vavasor. I will sign anything necessary to make over my right in the property to you." Then they walked on over the Fell for some minutes without speaking. They were still on the same path,--that path which Kate and Alice had taken in the winter,--and now poor Kate could not but think of all that she had said that day on George's behalf;--how had she mingled truth and falsehood in her efforts to raise her brother's character in her cousin's eyes! It had all been done in vain. At this very moment of her own trouble Kate thought of John Grey, and repented of what she had done. Her hopes in that direction were altogether blasted. She knew that her brother had ill-treated Alice, and that she must tell him so if Alice's name were mentioned between them. 
"But I will save you still, if he has left the estate to me. I do not desire to take it from you. As God in heaven sees me, I have never ceased to protect your interests here at Vavasor. I will sign anything necessary to make over my right in the property to you."
Then they walked on over the Fell for some minutes without speaking. They were on the same path which Kate and Alice had taken in the winter, and now poor Kate could not avoid thinking of all that she had said that day on George's behalf. It had all been in vain. At this very moment of her own trouble Kate thought of John Grey, and repented of what she had done.
