17/51 oh, I tried to pray because Collie told me she had prayed! But what are prayers? And, lastly, we're dealing with a girl who's so noble and high-souled that she'll sacrifice her all--her life to pay her debt. If she were really Bill Belllounds's daughter she'd _never_ marry Jack, saying, of course, that he was not her brother.... Do you know that it will _kill_ her, if she marries him ?" "Ahuh! I reckon it would," replied Wade, with his head bowed. Moore roused his gloomy forebodings. |