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Chapter 69

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           "IwouldinjurenomanifIcouldhelpit,"saidCaleb;"evenifIthoughtGodwinkedatit.IhopeIshouldhaveafeelingformyfellow-creature.But,sirIamobligedtobelievethatthisRaffleshastoldmethetruth.AndIcan’tbehappyinworkingwithyou,orprofitingbyyou.Ithurtsmymind.Imustbegyoutoseekanotheragent."

           "Verywell,Mr.Garth.ButImustatleastclaimtoknowtheworstthathehastoldyou.ImustknowwhatisthefoulspeechthatIamliabletobethevictimof,"saidBulstrode,acertainamountofangerbeginningtominglewithhishumiliationbeforethisquietmanwhorenouncedhisbenefits.

           "That’sneedless,"saidCaleb,wavinghishand,bowinghisheadslightly,andnotswervingfromthetonewhichhadinitthemercifulintentiontosparethispitiableman."Whathehassaidtomewillneverpassfrommylips,unlesssomethingnowunknownforcesitfromme.Ifyouledaharmfullifeforgain,andkeptothersoutoftheirrightsbydeceit,togetthemoreforyourself,Idaresayyourepentyouwouldliketogoback,andcan’t:thatmustbeabitterthing"—Calebpausedamomentandshookhishead—"itisnotformetomakeyourlifehardertoyou."

           "Butyoudoyoudomakeithardertome,"saidBulstrodeconstrainedintoagenuine,pleadingcry."Youmakeithardertomebyturningyourbackonme."

           "ThatI’mforcedtodo,"saidCaleb,stillmoregently,liftinguphishand.

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