Every one's against me and against him.

Don't turn against me; I need your help--oh, I need it! I never professed to care about you; but if your father was in danger of dying an awful death and you came to me for help, I wouldn't refuse you, you know I wouldn't." He only spoke now with the wish to conceal from her the panic within; for with the overwhelming desire to yield to her had come a ghastly fear that he was going to yield, and faith and hope fled from him.

He saw himself standing there face to face with his idea of God, and this temptation between him and God.

The temptation grew in magnitude, and God withdrew His face.
"I know, Ann, it sounds hard about your father" (mechanically); "but you must try and think how it would be if he was lying wounded like Walker and some other man had done it.

Wouldn't you think the law was in the right then ?" "No!" (quickly).