9/29 'She is an excellent woman, a model of uprightness; she has done him all the good in the world, and here is he deceiving her, lying--there is no other word: and one lie leads to another. When he married a fortune he was a successful adventurer. His duty as a man of honour is to be true to his bond and serve the lady. Falseness to his position won't wash him clean of the title.' Jane pleaded for Captain Con. |