"Better that he should have none than that he should have children--" "With an hereditary taint," Pettifer agreed.

"Admitted, Margaret.

If we come to the conclusion that Stella Ballantyne did what she was accused of doing we, in spite of all the verdicts in the world, are bound to resist this marriage.

I grant it.

Because of that conviction I dismiss the plea that we are unfair to the woman in reviewing the trial.