21/23 Let him ask forgiveness of God and of his own conscience. But he shall have Verner's Pride." "Better that you should see it in its proper light at the eleventh hour, than not at all, Stephen," said Mr.Bitterworth. "By every law of right and justice, Verner's Pride, after you, belongs to Lionel." "You speak well, Bitterworth, when you call it the eleventh hour," observed Mr.Verner. "If I am to make this change you must get Matiss here without an instant's delay. See him yourself, and bring him back. |