Of course, I had not expected this unfriendly villain to be what he has proved himself, but what he says is, no doubt, true.

I'm going to reform, though.

In fact, I've already begun." "When was the revolution inaugurated ?" He looked at her so earnestly that there came a faint flush to her cheek.

"Since my eyes were opened, and I saw the light," he answered.
She diverted the conversation by turning to me, and saying that, while the information I had given her was no doubt valuable, and that she should regulate her course accordingly, and advise all her friends to do the same, yet she felt it her duty to reprimand me for telling the truth so bluntly.

She knew that I had done it for the best, but if there were really any hope for this wicked man, if he had really decided upon a new life, we ought to encourage him.