14/17 I'll take the three hundred pounds. And now, my lady, what do you mean to do about her? "Not for ten thousand worlds!" "Well, now, I call that hard," said Mr.Parmalee. "I don't care what she's done or what she's been, it's hard! She's sorry now, and no one can be more than that. I take an interest in that unfortunate party, my lady; and if you knew how she hankers after a sight of you--how poor and ill and heart-broken she is--how she longs to hear you say once, 'I forgive you,' before she dies--well, you wouldn't be so hard." "Stop--stop!" Lady Kingsland exclaimed. |