26/28 A wave of reminiscence had carried him back into the study, face to face with an accuser. He read meaning in Julia's words now, a meaning which at the time they had not possessed. It was true that there was such a thing in the world as temptation, a live thing to the strong as well as to the weak. "You could be a statesman of whom we should all be proud. In years to come, people would understand, they would know that you had chosen the nobler part. |