"I thank you most truly, sir, for your confidence. That dread has haunted me for many weeks. It is a true, real agony. My poor, poor mother!" Her lips now began to quiver, and he let her have the relief of tears, sure of her power of self-control to check them.

'I thank you most truly, sir, for your confidence. That dread has haunted me for many weeks. My poor, poor mother!' Her lips began to quiver, and he let her have the relief of tears.
