6/30 He is irreclaimable; the worst character that ever came under my notice; he shall not set foot on the premises. I do not like to think of his wife suffering, but it is the attribute of sins such as his that they involve the innocent with the guilty; and then she has shown herself so wretchedly weak. Try, however, to help her secretly if her distress becomes too acute. This is the result of my absence and helplessness. I shall write to her--two lines." A flush had risen to her cheek, and in adding the last two words she all but pierced through the thin note-paper. |