40/85 I'd give a good deal if I could undo it, but I can't, so I've come to tell you how sorry I am." "You've got something to be sorry for," said Mrs.Comstock, "but likely we ain't thinking of the same thing. It hurts me less to know the truth, than to live in ignorance. If Mag had the sense of a pewee, she'd told me long ago. That's what hurts me, to think that both of you knew Robert was not worth an hour of honest grief, yet you'd let me mourn him all these years and neglect Elnora while I did it. If I have anything to forgive you, that is what it is." Wesley removed his hat and sat on a bench. |