6/9 But I see a way, a possible way. I only see it this moment; but whether it be for good or evil I cannot tell." "Will it save us ?" she asked eagerly. "This stranger, whose corpse I have just left--nobody knows him, and he has no friends to trouble about him--shall I give to him my name, and bury him as myself? I too shall be safe in the grave, for death covers all sins. Even old Clifford will be satisfied by my death." "Could it be done ?" she asked breathlessly. |