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Chapter 32

           ItmovedandintriguedClydedeeply.Couldthere—couldthere?Hewassolonely—sodespairing—soverymuchinneedofhelp.

           Wasitnotalsotrue(theteachingoftheRev.McMillan—influencinghimtothatextentatleast)thatifhehadledabetterlife—hadpaidmoreattentiontowhathismotherhadsaidandtaught—notgoneintothathouseofprostitutioninKansasCity—orpursuedHortenseBriggsintheevilwaythathehad—orafterher,Roberta—hadbeencontenttoworkandsave,asnodoubtmostmenwere—wouldhenotbebetteroffthanhenowwas?Butthenagain,therewasthefactortruthofthoseverystrongimpulsesanddesireswithinhimselfthatweresovery,veryhardtoovercome.Hehadthoughtofthose,too,andthenofthefactthatmanyotherpeoplelikehismother,hisuncle,hiscousin,andthisministerhere,didnotseemtobetroubledbythem.Andyetalsohewasgiventoimaginingattimesthatperhapsitwasbecauseofsuperiormentalandmoralcourageinthefaceofpassionsanddesires,equivalenttohisown,whichledtheseotherstodosomuchbetter.Hewasperhapsjustwillfullydevotinghimselftotheseotherthoughtsandways,ashismotherandMcMillanandmosteveryoneelsewhomhehadheardtalksincehisarrestseemedtothink.

           Whatdiditallmean?WasthereaGod?DidHeinterfereintheaffairsofmenasMr.

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