Margaret.
[Lifting her face, now shining with joyful tears.]
Then it's true? You are going to let me stay, and
spare the lives of my dear ones? Oh, how good you
are! You are not brutal and inhuman as I thought.
No wonder your little daughter loves you—just as I
loved my own father. You shall never regret this—never ! As God is my witness I'll keep my word to you——
Sir Robert.
[Going to her.] Then raise your hand, and take
your oath on it. [She raises her hand.] On your oath,
from this hour onward, whatever may occur, you
will cut yourself off from your family and friends,
and never see or hear from them again.
Margaret.
[With upraised hand, solemnly.] On my oath, from
this hour onward, whatever may occur, I will cut
myself off from my family and friends, and never
see or hear from them again.
Sir Robert.
That will do. Now go to bed. [He opens upper door, R. She staggers up to it.] Pray for strength to
keep your promise. And if ever your time of temptation should come, remember that not with bread, but with blood I have bought your soul.
[She stands for a moment as if struggling with a desire to kneel and kiss his hand. Then (as with the scorching memory of all that
