Condemn me, if you like, and I will suffer.' From your own remembrance of your father's nature, is not that certainly the course he would have taken ?" "I have not an atom of doubt about it.

His flight and persistent dread of trial puzzle me beyond imagination.

Of his life he was perfectly reckless, except, at least, for my sake." "I know that he was," Mr.Shovelin replied; "as a boy he was wonderfully fearless.

As a man, with a sweet wife and a lot of children, he might have begun to be otherwise.

But when all those were gone, and only a poor little baby left--" "Yes, I suppose I was all that." "Forgive me.