25/47 I didn't know it till our last meeting here. There's no one else on God's earth can do what I want but you. Do you think I'm putting you into an impossible position ?" "I don't think so," said I."Go on." "Well--there's not much more to be said. Try to make her realise that, whatever may be my faults--my crimes, if it comes to that--I've done my damndest out there to make reparation. By God! I have," he cried, in a sudden flash of passion. |