34/44 My mother left my father because he was ... a thief!" "A thief!" fell mechanically from Warrington's lips. A man who has stolen funds intrusted to him for years; a man who has plundered the orphan and the widow, the most despicable of all men. My mother died of shame, and I knew nothing. My father left last night for South America, taking with him all the available funds, leaving me a curt note of explanation. |