5/10 I have something to say concerning our child. Although I have deserved the worst you can think of me, I believe you will not deny that even your love for our little Kitty (while we were living together) was not a truer love than mine. I cannot endure separation from my child." Mrs.Linley rose to her feet. The first vague anticipations of future atonement and reconciliation, suggested by her brother-in-law, no longer existed in her mind: she foresaw but too plainly what was to come. "Read faster," she said, "or let me read it for myself." Mrs.Presty went on: "There is no wish, on my part, to pain you by any needless allusion to my claims as a father. |