This money is the legacy of a crime and of a wrong! "Of a crime, though only contemplated, of which I am not innocent at heart, and of a wrong done, of which Miss Worthington alone shall be the judge.
"To you, Witherspoon, I can say that every mad scheme which I framed to reach wealth and power has failed miserably; that I have found my soul's unhappiness in the betrayal of poor Clayton's friendship.
"And yet, as I hope for the forgiveness of an Almighty God, I knew nothing of his murder, either in the deed or its conception.
Let me be forgotten by all the world, forgiven by one alone." The two friends long gazed at each other in a gloomy silence.
"I leave the whole mystery to you, my friend," at last wearily said the lawyer.

"I will never try to read between the lines.

Take the whole correspondence with you.

I have already had a copy made of the Vice-Consul's letter and Ferris' own few sentences.

I know that Alice will surely consecrate this vile money to some good purpose, and so I make you my ambassador.
"She will understand why I hope never to hear Ferris' name again, for I know and feel that he was a murderer at heart.