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Chapter 49

           Itcontainedareferencetosomechildlikelytobetheresultofthissadconnection,whichchildwasborn,andaccidentallyencounteredbyyou,whenyoursuspicionswerefirstawakenedbyhisresemblancetoyourfather.Yourepairedtotheplaceofhisbirth.Thereexistedproofs—proofslongsuppressed—ofhisbirthandparentage.Thoseproofsweredestroyedbyyou,andnow,inyourownwordstoyouraccomplicetheJew,"THEONLYPROOFSOFTHEBOY’SIDENTITYLIEATTHEBOTTOMOFTHERIVER,ANDTHEOLDHAGTHATRECEIVEDTHEMFORMTHEMOTHERISROTTINGINHERCOFFIN."

           Unworthyson,coward,liar—you,whoholdyourcouncilswiththievesandmurderersindarkroomsatnight—you,whoseplotsandwileshavebroughtaviolentdeathupontheheadofoneworthmillionssuchasyou—you,whofromyourcradleweregallandbitternesstoyourownfather’sheart,andinwhomallevilpassions,vice,andprofligacy,festered,tilltheyfoundaventinahideousdiseasewhichhadmadeyourfaceanindexeventoyourmind—you,EdwardLeeford,doyoustillbraveme!’

           ‘No,no,no!’returnedthecoward,overwhelmedbytheseaccumulatedcharges.

           ‘Everyword!’criedthegentleman,‘everywordthathaspassedbetweenyouandthisdetestedvillain,isknowntome.Shadowsonthewallhavecaughtyourwhispers,andbroughtthemtomyear;thesightofthepersecutedchildhasturnedviceitself,andgivenitthecourageandalmosttheattributesofvirtue.Murderhasbeendone,towhichyouweremorallyifnotreallyaparty.’

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