[Fenton’s Quest by M. E. Braddon]@TWC D-Link bookFenton’s Quest CHAPTER XII 6/15
And now you know more than that--you know that she is another man's wife.
If you find her, nothing can come of it." "It is the man I want to find, John; the man whom I shall make it the business of my life to discover." "For what good ?" "For the deadliest harm to him," Gilbert answered moodily.
"If ever he and I meet, I will have some payment for my broken life; some compensation for my ruined hopes.
We two should not meet and part lightly, rely upon it." "You can make no excuse for his love, that fatal irresistible passion, which outweighs truth and honour when they are set in the opposite scale. I did not think you could be so hard, Gilbert; I thought you would have more mercy on the man who wronged you." "I could pardon any injury but this.
I will never forgive this." John Saltram shrugged his shoulders with a deprecating air. "It is a mistake, my dear fellow," he said.
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