Well, it is a pleasant and a pretty quality--this dream of yours, Sylvia--yes, a very pleasant one to be born with.

But suppose that instead of that dream you had been born with a vice, an instinct of crime, of sin, would you have been any the more responsible for it?
If you are not responsible for the good thing, are you responsible for the bad?
An awkward question, Sylvia--awkward enough to teach you to go warily in your judgments." "Yes," said Sylvia.

"I was amongst the fortunate.

I don't deny it." "But that's not all," and as Chayne moved restively, Garratt Skinner waved an indulgent hand.
"I don't expect you, Captain Chayne, to take an interest in these problems.

For a military man, discipline and the penal code are the obvious unalterable solutions.