8/16 All the other folks will, of course. Law and righteousness is the same for the most part. Your feeling as a daughter leads you the other way, of course; but it ain't no good--it won't do any good to him in the long run, and it would be wrong for me to do anything but just what I ought to do as constable. When that's done we can talk of being friends if you like, but don't go acting a lie with the hope of getting the better of me. It hurts me to see you do it, Ann." For the first time there dawned in her mind a new respect for him, but that did not alter her desperate resolve. |