24/31 "You're tryin' to make out, as near as I can tell," said she, "that whatever my son has done wrong is due to what he's eat, and not to original sin. I knew you had queer ideas, Cephas Barnard, but I didn't know you wa'n't sound in your faith. What I want to know is, what has he done ?" Suddenly Charlotte sprang up, and pushed herself in between her father and Mrs.Thayer; she confronted Deborah, and compelled her to look at her. "I know what he's done; you listen to me. He has done nothing--nothing that you've got to deal with him for. |