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Chapter 31

           Griffiths,verylornandmiserableandmaintainingherson’sinnocence.AtthesametimetherewasClydeinhiscelldoomedtodie.WasitpossiblethatbyanystrangefreakorcircumstancealegalmistakehadbeenmadeandClydewasnotasguiltyasheappeared?

           ThetemperamentofMcMillanwasexceptionaltense,exotic.ApresenthourSt.Bernard,Savonarola,St.Simeon,PetertheHermit.Thinkingoflife,thought,allformsandsocialstructuresastheword,theexpression,thebreathofGod.Noless.YetroomfortheDevilandhisangertheexpelledLucifergoingtoandfrointheearth.Yet,thinkingontheBeatitudes,ontheSermonontheMount,onSt.JohnandhisdirectseeingandinterpretationofChristandGod."Hethatisnotwithmeisagainstme;andhethatgatherethnotwithme,scattereth."Astrange,strong,tense,confused,mercifulandtoo,afterhisfashionbeautifulsoul;sorrowingwithmiseryyearningtowardanimpossiblejustice.

           Mrs.GriffithsinhertalkswithhimhadmaintainedthathewastorememberthatRobertawasnotwhollyguiltless.Hadshenotsinnedwithherson?Andhowwashetoexculpateherentirely?Agreatlegalmistake.Hersonwasbeingmostunjustlyexecutedandbythepitifulbutnone-the-lessromanticandpoeticlettersofthisgirlwhichshouldneverhavebeenpouredforthuponajuryofmenatall.Theywere,asshenowmaintained,incapableofjudgingjustlyorfairlywhereanythingsadinconnectionwitharomanticandprettygirlwasconcerned.

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