Margaret's hand lay in Frederick's arm. He took hold of it affectionately.
"Margaret! I am going to consult Mr. Lennox as to the chance of exculpating myself so that I may return to England whenever I choose, more for your sake than for the sake of anyone else. I can't bear to think of your lonely position if any thing should happen to my father. He looks sadly changed--terribly shaken. I wish you could get him to think of the Cadiz plan, for many reasons. What could you do if he were taken away? You have no friend near. We are curiously bare of relations."

Frederick took his sister's hand affectionately.
'Margaret! I will consult Mr. Lennox as to the chance of exculpating myself, so that I may return to England whenever I choose. I can't bear to think of your lonely position if anything should happen to my father. He looks sadly changed - terribly shaken. I wish you could get him to think of the Cadiz plan. What could you do if he were taken away? You have no friend near.'
