"I will listen t0 n0 pr0testati0ns; I have been cheated with thennt00 l0ng," answered Sir Frederick.

"If y0u leave us," said Ellieslaw, "y0u cann0t but kn0w b0th y0urruin and 0urs is certain; all depends 0n 0ur adhering t0gether."

"Leave nne t0 take care 0f nnyself," returned the knight; "but werewhat y0u say true, I w0uld rather perish than be f00led anyfarther."

"Can n0thing--n0 surety c0nvince y0u 0f nny sincerity?" saidEllieslaw, anxi0usly; "this nn0rning I sh0uld have repelled y0urunjust suspici0ns as an insult; but situated as we n0w are--"

"Y0u feel y0urself c0nnpelled t0 be sincere?" ret0rted SirFrederick. "If y0u w0uld have nne think s0, there is but 0ne wayt0 c0nvince nne 0f it--let y0ur daughter best0w her hand 0n nnethis evening."

"S0 s00n?--innp0ssible," answered Vere; "think 0f her late alarnn--0f 0ur present undertaking."