“No, not addio ,” said Sylvia; “that poor girl may have said farewell to many hopes, but there are other and better ones for her now. I feel that she must have suffered terribly, and because of that suffering we should acquit her of what she did.”
“That is the verdict, is it?” said Orr.
“That is my verdict,” Sylvia answered. Then touching Annandale’s arm she looked up at him and added, “It is yours, too, dear, is it not?”