17/19 I implore you, Father, don't ask me to repeat it! Be content if I tell you the effect of it on myself. With all my heart I devote myself to his conversion--and, in my inmost soul, I feel the conviction that I shall succeed!' "To this effect, and in this tone, Penrose spoke. I abstained from pressing him to reveal Romayne's confession. The confession is of no consequence to us. You know how the moral force of Arthur's earnestness and enthusiasm fortifies his otherwise weak character. |