[The Trials of the Soldier’s Wife by Alex St. Clair Abrams]@TWC D-Link bookThe Trials of the Soldier’s Wife CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH 15/20
I say nothing against him for doing so, for it was an indisputable right of his, but when we view the brutality of the act--when we think of the hardness of the heart that could not commiserate with the situation of Mrs.Wentworth--that was deaf to the appeals of a mother--blind to the illness of her child--the soul sickens with horror at the knowledge that a mortal so debased--so utterly devoid of the instincts of humanity which govern a brute--should exist on the earth.
But the mask of religion is now torn from his face, and we see his own lineaments.
Henceforth the scorn of all generous, minds will he receive, and turned from the respectable position he once held, must reflect on the inevitable exposure of the hypocrite some day, sooner or later.
I shall leave him to the scorn and indignation of all good men.
From them he will receive that punishment which his brutality, caused from his extorting spirit, deserves. "And for Mr.Swartz, the accuser of this lady, I can see but little in extenuation of his conduct.
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