[No Defense Complete by Gilbert Parker]@TWC D-Link bookNo Defense Complete CHAPTER VII 21/21
When she had finished, there was silence--a long warm silence; then, at last, Mrs.Llyn rose to her feet. "Sheila, when shall we go ?" With frightened eyes Sheila sprang up. "I said we must go to Dublin!" she murmured. "Yes, we will go to Dublin, Sheila, but it will be on our way to Uncle Bryan's home." Sheila caught her mother's hands. "Mother," she said, after a moment of hesitation, "I must obey you." "It is the one way, my child-the one thing to do.
Some one in prison calls--perhaps; some one far away who loves you, and needs us, calls--that we know.
Tell me, am I not right? I ask you, where shall we go ?" "To Virginia, mother." The girl's head dropped, and her eyes filled with tears..
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