[Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch]@TWC D-Link bookBrother Copas CHAPTER X 15/18
Guilty men are seldom bold: as the Scots say, 'Riven breeks sit still.'.
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. Was not this, or something like it, in your mind, sir ?" "I confess that it was." "Why then, Master, I too will confess--I that came to you to denounce the practice.
Of what this letter hints Bonaday is innocent as--as you are.
He approved of the Petition and was on the point of signing it; but he desired your good leave to make a home for his child. Between parent and Protestant my friend was torn, and moreover between conscience and loyalty.
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