Godfrey watched her tall form vanish through the churchyard gate andover the slope of a little hill that lay between it and Hawk's Hall,and that was the last sight he had of her for many a year. When she wasquite lost to view, he spoke to the two men who still stood irresolutebefore him.
"Isobel I shall meet again," he said, "but not either of you, for Ihave done with you both. It is not for me to judge you. Judge yourselfand be judged."
Then he turned, too, and went.