17/39 On the contrary, we have asked your presence here that we might understandingly converse on these things to which you have given so much attention." "If I have erred," she ventured, "it has been done within the limitations of human wisdom; yet my convictions were absolutely sincere--at least I may assure you of so much. I have not wished to break any law, to violate convictions on either side. I only wanted to do some good in the world." "We are quite sure, my dear lady, that the sentiments of your mind are precisely those of our own. But perhaps you may be less aware than ourselves of complications which may rise. |