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Chapter 27

           Thetortureandsocially—ifnotcommercially—destroyingforceofallthis—everyhourofitaGolgotha!Bellaandhersocialfuture,tosaynothingofGilbertandhis—completelyovercastandcharredbythisawfulpublicpictureoftheplotandcrimethatoneoftheirimmediatebloodhadconceivedandexecuted!SamuelGriffithshimself,aswellashiswife,fairlymaceratedbythisblastingflashfromhiswell-intentioned,thoughseeminglyimpracticalandnonsensicalgooddeed.Hadnotalong,practicalstrugglewithlifetaughthimthatsentimentinbusinesswasfolly?UptothehourhehadmetClydehehadneverallowedittoinfluencehiminanyway.Buthismistakennotionthathisyoungestbrotherhadbeenunfairlydealtwithbytheirfather!Andnowthis!This!Hiswifeanddaughtercompelledtoremovefromthesceneoftheirhappiestyearsandcomfortsandliveasexiles—perhapsforever—inoneofthesuburbsofBoston,orelsewhere—orforeverenduretheeyesandsympathyoftheirfriends!AndhimselfandGilbertalmoststeadilyconferringeversinceastothewisdomofunitingthebusinessinstockformwithsomeoftheothersofLycurgusorelsewhere—or,ifnotthat,oftransferring,notbydegreesbutspeedily,toeitherRochesterorBuffaloorBostonorBrooklyn,whereamainplantmightbeerected.ThedisgraceofthiscouldonlybeovercomebyabsentingthemselvesfromLycurgusandallthatitrepresentedtothem.Theymustbeginlifealloveragain—sociallyatleast.

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