12/40 "Still," said he, "one is glad to find there is some good left even in a criminal." "A criminal!" cried Helen Rolleston, firing up. "Pray, who says he was a criminal? A friend of mine may commit some great error or imprudence; but that is all. The poor grateful soul was never guilty of any downright wickedness. _That stands to reason."_ Mr.Hazel did not encounter this feminine logic with his usual ability; he muttered something or other, with a trembling lip, and left her so abruptly that she asked herself whether she had inadvertently said anything that could have offended him; and awaited an explanation. |