You have
no right to visit father's sin upon Grey, who would be sure to find it
out if you stirred in the matter. He is sensitive, very, and proud of
his name. It would kill him to know what we do."
"No, brother, it would hurt him, but not kill him." Hannah said, with
energy; "and ever since he was a little child I have depended upon him
to comfort me, to help me, as I knew he would when he was older; and
something tells me he will find the heirs. I do not mean to tell him
until he is a man, able to understand."
"Hannah!" and there was fierce anger in the voice. "You are not my
sister if you ever dare tell Grey this thing, or hint it to him in any
way. He must never know it, both for his own sake and mine. I could not
even look at him without shame if he knew what my father was. You have
kept it thirty-one years; keep it thirty-one longer, and, as you vowed
secrecy to my father, so swear to me solemnly, as you hope for Heaven,
never to tell Grey or any one."
He had seized her wrist, and held it so tightly that she winced with
pain as she cried out:
"Oh, Burton, I cannot; I must restore the money and the will.
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