So be warned and make the innocence of George Granger as clear as noonday.
"LLOYD FREELING." Twice Edith read this letter through before a sign of emotion was visible.

She looked about the room, down at herself, and again at the letter.
"Am I really awake ?" she said, beginning to tremble.

Then the glad but terrible truth grappled with her convictions, and through the wild struggle and antagonism, of feeling that shook her soul there shone into her face a joy so great that the pale features grew almost radiant.
"Innocent! innocent!" fell from her lips, over which crept a smile of ineffable love.

But it faded out quickly, and left in its place a shadow of ineffable pain.
"Innocent! innocent!" she repeated, now clasping her hands and lifting her eyes heavenward.

"Dear Lord and Saviour! My heart is full of thankfulness! Innocent! Oh, let it be made as clear as noonday! And my baby, Lord--oh, my baby, my baby! Give him back to me!" She fell forward upon her bed, kneeling, her face hidden among the pillows, trembling and sobbing.
"Edith! Edith!" came the agitated voice of her father from without.