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Chapter 33

           

           ThenhavingescortedClydetohiscellandseenhimoncemoreshutwithinthatrestrainingcage,hetookhisowndeparture,heavilyandmiserablyburdenedwithallthathehadheard.AndClydewaslefttobroodonallhehadsaid—andhowithadaffectedMcMillan,aswellashimself.Hisnewfriend’sstrickenmood.Theobviouspainandhorrorwithwhichhevieweditall.Washereallyandtrulyguilty?Didhereallyandtrulydeservetodieforthis?WasthatwhattheReverendMcMillanwoulddecide?Andinthefaceofallhistendernessandmercy?

           Andanotherweekinwhich,movedbyClyde’sseemingcontrition,andalltheconfusingandextenuatingcircumstancesofhisstory,andhavingwrestledmostearnestlywitheverymoralaspectofit,theReverendMcMillanoncemorebeforehiscelldoor—butonlytosaythathoweverliberalorcharitablehisinterpretationofthefacts,asatlastClydehadtruthfullypicturedthem,stillhecouldnotfeelthateitherprimarilyorsecondarilycouldhebeabsolvedfromguiltforherdeath.Hehadplotted—hadhenot?Hehadnotgonetoherrescuewhenhemighthave.Hehadwishedherdeadandafterwardshadnotbeensorry.Intheblowthathadbroughtabouttheupsettingoftheboathadbeensomeanger.Alsointhemoodthathadnotpermittedhimtostrike.

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