12/17 See what your misconduct has deprived you of--see what you might have been. This is retribution." "I feel it," replied Jack, in a tone of agony, "and I feel it more on my poor mother's account than my own." "She has suffered enough for you," said Wood. "Those tears will do you good." "Do not distress him, dear father," said Winifred; "he suffers deeply. I will pray for you." "I cannot repent,--I cannot pray," replied Jack, recovering his hardened demeanour. "I should never have been what I am, but for you." "How so ?" inquired Winifred. |