[Fenton’s Quest by M. E. Braddon]@TWC D-Link bookFenton’s Quest CHAPTER XI 17/21
Is the name quite strange to yourself ?" "Entirely strange." "And this Mr.Holbrook is now Miss Nowell's husband? and you want to know who he is? With what end ?" "I want to find the man who has done me the deadliest wrong one man can do another." "My dear fellow, don't you see that it is fate, and not Mr.Holbrook, that has done you this wrong? If Miss Nowell had really loved you as she ought to have loved you, it would have been quite impossible for her to be tempted away from you.
It was her destiny to marry this Holbrook, rely upon it; and had you been on the spot to protect your own interests, the result would have been just the same.
Believe me, I am very sorry for you, and can fully sympathise with your feelings in this business; but I cannot see what good could possibly arise out of a meeting between you and your fortunate rival.
The days of duelling are past; and even if it were not so, I think you are too generous to seek to deprive Miss Nowell of her husband." "I do not know about that.
There are some wrongs which all a man's Christianity is not wide enough to cover.
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