[Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookBarnaby Rudge CHAPTER 36 9/12
You feel as sure of that as I--honestly, you do ?' The secretary was beginning with 'You do not doubt,' when the other interrupted him, and impatiently rejoined: 'Doubt.
No.
Who says I doubt? If I doubted, should I cast away relatives, friends, everything, for this unhappy country's sake; this unhappy country,' he cried, springing up in bed, after repeating the phrase 'unhappy country's sake' to himself, at least a dozen times, 'forsaken of God and man, delivered over to a dangerous confederacy of Popish powers; the prey of corruption, idolatry, and despotism! Who says I doubt? Am I called, and chosen, and faithful? Tell me.
Am I, or am I not ?' 'To God, the country, and yourself,' cried Gashford. 'I am.
I will be.
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