Say not harboured. O no! Spurned and rejected, yet, like a trodden adder, turning and rearing again. I ask to know nothing that thou seekest to conceal. Say only that thou wert in thy own home during the night, as I am sure thou wert, and I will be satisfied, though all the diabolical witnesses of Renfrewshire were set in array against thee.
VIOLET.
Must I be forced to bear witness in my own behalf? There is one who should bear witness for me, and lacking that evidence, I scorn every other.
DUNGARREN.
And where is that witness to be found?
VIOLET.
In the heart of Dungarren.
DUNGARREN.
Thou wring'st it to the quick! I am proud and impetuous, but have I deserved this haughty reserve? Dost thou part with me in anger?
VIOLET.
I am angry, and must leave thee; but perhaps I am wrong in being so.
