"
"Terence did that?"
"He was compelled to it. Honour and duty demanded no less of him.
I alone, who was present and witnessed the undertaking, know what it
cost him and what he suffered. But he was forced to sink all private
considerations. It was a sacrifice rendered necessary, inevitable
for the success of this campaign." And he proceeded to explain to
her all the circumstances that were interwoven with Lieutenant
Butler's ill-timed offence. "Thus you see that from Terence you
can hope for nothing. His honour will not admit of his wavering in
this matter."
"Honour?" She uttered the word almost with contempt. "And what of
Una?"
"I was thinking of Una when I said I should welcome the news of
Dick's death somewhere in the hills. It is the best that can be
hoped for."
"I thought you were Dick's friend, Captain Tremayne."
"Why, so I have been; so I am. Perhaps that is another reason why I
should hope that he is dead."
"Is it no reason why you should do what you to save him?"
He looked at her steadily for an instant, calm under the reproach of
her eyes.
"Believe me, Miss Armytage, if I saw a way to save him, to do
anything to help him, I should seize it, both for the sake of my
friendship for himself and because of my affection for Una.
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