Nor did I forget the poverty I had brought upon her." "And why not forgive her this ?" She could hardly restrain a sob as she spoke.
His lips straightened and his brows narrowed.

"This is not due to her nature," he answered coldly, "nor to her bringing up.

She has now committed a crime and is beyond reclaim.

Once a thief, always a thief.

I must stop somewhere." "But why not hear her story from her own lips ?" she pleaded, her voice choking.