4/27 I have even prayed to do so." "Not in a right spirit, or your prayers would have been heard and accepted. What makes you dread death? Does not this hatred to your uncle and cousin stand between you and Heaven ?" "I confess it. But, Harrison, could you forgive them ?" "Yes." "Not under the same provocation ?" "I have done so under worse." "God in Heaven!--how is that possible ?" "It is true." "I won't believe it," said I, turning angrily upon the pillow. "It is not in human nature; and few can rise above the weakness of their kind." "Listen to me, Geoffrey," said Harrison, seating himself on the side of the bed. |