12/17 But I've often wished to heaven since that I'd stayed and faced it out. It would have been easier in the end, God knows." "My dear fellow," Crowther said, "you will never convince me of that as long as you live. There was nothing to gain by your staying and all to lose. Consequences there were bound to be--and always are. But there was no good purpose to be served by wrecking your life. |