[No Defense Complete by Gilbert Parker]@TWC D-Link bookNo Defense Complete CHAPTER X 5/19
Things went wrong with him, and he paid the price we all must pay for work ill-done." "There you're right, Christopher Dogan, and I remember the day the downfall began.
It was when him that's now Lord Mallow, Governor of Jamaica, came to summon Miles Calhoun to Dublin.
Things were never the same after that; but I well remember one talk I had with Miles Calhoun just before his death.
'Michael,' he said to me, 'my family have had many ups and downs, and some that bear my name have been in prison before this, but never for killing a man out of fair fight.' 'One of your name may be in prison, sir,' said I, 'but not for killing a man out of fair fight.
If you believe he did, there's no death bad enough for you!' He was silent for a while; then at last he whispered Mr.Dyck's name, and said to me: 'Tell him that as a Calhoun I love him, and as his father I love him ten times more.
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