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Chapter 33

           ThefactsthathehadbeeninfluencedbythebeautyandpositionofMissXtotheplottingofthisdeed,and,afterhisevilrelationswithRoberta,thatshehadbeendeterminedheshouldmarryher,farfrombeingpointsinextenuationofhisactions,werereallyfurtherevidenceofhisgeneralearthlysinandguilt.BeforetheLordthenhehadsinnedinmanyways.Inthosedarkdays,alas,asMr.McMillansawit,hewaslittlemorethanacompoundofselfishnessandunhalloweddesireandfornicationagainsttheevilofwhichPaulhadthundered.Ithadenduredtotheendandhadnotchanged—untilhehadbeentakenbythelaw.Hehadnotrepented—noteventhereatBearLakewherehehadtimeforthought.Andbesides,hadhenot,fromthebeginningtoend,bolstereditwithfalseandevilpretenses?Verily.

           Ontheotherhand,nodoubtifheweresenttothechairnowinthefaceofhisfirst—andyetsoclearmanifestationofcontrition—whennow,forthefirsttimehewasbeginningtograsptheenormityofhisoffense—itwouldbebuttocompoundcrimewithcrime—thestateinthisinstancebeingtheaggressor.For,likethewardenandmanyothers,McMillanwasagainstcapitalpunishment—preferringtocompelthewrong-doertoservethestateinsomeway.But,none-the-less,hefelthimselfcompelledtoacknowledge,Clydewasfarfrominnocent.

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