others."

"And that's your love for me, is it?" he sneered.

"Yes, it is my love," I answered; "for I will not allow you to be more
a devil than you are while I can prevent it. Remember, Wilfred, there
is a law in England, and to that law I will appeal, and if that law
will not give me justice, then, Wilfred, you know me, I will take you
in hand, and I will lock you up as a fiend, a moral madman, that should
not be at large. I will imprison you as I would a mad dog. I want no
revenge, for I have no wish for it in my heart, although God only knows
what I should have felt had you succeeded in your designs to-night. As
it is, I only tell you to beware."

"And what do you intend doing with me now?" he said.

"Nothing," I said. "At first I held you to keep you from doing harm,
but when I saw the carriage I brought you here, that I might give you
this warning."

"And do you think I care for your warning?"

"I do not know, Wilfred; but in roving round the world for more than
eleven years I have learnt to take care of myself. Depend upon it, I
shall use that knowledge, not only to care for myself, but for others.
Be careful then. Justice is sometimes as strong a feeling as revenge,
and if needs be I shall take terrible means that justice may be done."

Upon this I cut the handkerchief with which I had bounds his hands, and
he was at liberty. He snapped his fingers in my face.

"You have given me warning," he said, hoarsely, "Now I will warn you.
First of all I thank you for what you have told me. I will heed your
words, and you need not fear that I shall put myself within the reach
of the law. Experience has taught me wisdom. But I tell you this
again. If there is any power in evil, you shall suffer. If it is
possible to sell myself to the devil that I may make you accursed, I
will do it; if the curse of a man who hates can avail, your future
shall be as black as hell, and your children and your children's
children shall suffer too. I have told you this before, and I tell you
so again. Not one penny of the money you can get out of Trewinion will
I have; but I shall live, and you shall have reason to know it."

With that he went out and I did not seek to hinder him. I saw two of
the servants, evidently under orders to do so, follow him as if to see
him safely out of the grounds, and thus I was left alone.

I did not think of his words, nor did they have any effect upon me. I
seemed to be encased in a