There have always been men who found it easier to speak vows than to keep them.

“Now you know " the crow whispered as it sat on his shoulder. "Now you know why …”

“So young," said Wyman Manderly, "Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he liv…”

“Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.”

“You will need to be brave and strong . . . and patient, patient above all.”