“‘I AM COME TO MAKE CONFESSION AND THEN TO LEAVE YOU’”
“‘I AM COME TO MAKE CONFESSION AND THEN TO LEAVE YOU’”
“Yes; but do not be afraid. She mentioned no names. Besides, it is no business of mine. I do not know whom she means.”
“I am sorry it is no business of yours,” replied Gerard, coming boldly forward, “for, Ursula, she means yourself.”
“She—she—” stammered Ursula.
“And so do I.” Very quietly he put his arm around her, and drew down the tired head upon his breast. “We have both of us suffered quite enough,” he said.
The tears came swelling across her eyes.
“Through my fault,” she whispered—“my fault.”
“Letmefind the criminal’s extenuations, Ursula. Do you really think, you poor, noble creature, that I do not understand?”
“I must confess to my father,” she continued, in the same tremulous whisper. “To my father and the world.”
“To your father, if you will. But the world has not been injured by anything you have done, and you owe it no reparation. It is not our function to supply the world with the empty scandals it delights in. Suffering is a holy but a very awful thing. We will have no more superfluous suffering, Ursula.”
“It shall all be as you wish,” she humbly answered, her head at rest upon his shoulder. She closed her eyes. “Gerard, I am not afraid of them. I was never afraid of them. But from the very first, I think, I was afraid of God.”
“God be thanked for it!” said Gerard, softly. And a flood of sunlight, falling leisurely around them, lighted into sudden brilliance the cross upon his breast.
THE END
[A]Title of unmarried ladies of rank.
[A]Title of unmarried ladies of rank.
[B]Vulgar Dutch idiom.
[B]Vulgar Dutch idiom.
[C]To “drink coffee” is old-fashioned Dutch for “lunch.”
[C]To “drink coffee” is old-fashioned Dutch for “lunch.”
[D]To love.
[D]To love.
[E]Title for unmarried sons of noblemen, pronounced “Yonker.”
[E]Title for unmarried sons of noblemen, pronounced “Yonker.”
[F]Literally, in the Dutch.
[F]Literally, in the Dutch.
[G]Idiom.
[G]Idiom.
[H]Idiom.
[H]Idiom.
[I]The fortnight preceding the ceremony.
[I]The fortnight preceding the ceremony.
[J]There are three political parties in the Dutch Parliament—the Roman Catholics, the permanent Liberal majority (who are aggressively anti-religious), and a small, much-persecuted Protestant remnant. All issues of any interest are religious. There is no longer a Conservative party.
[J]There are three political parties in the Dutch Parliament—the Roman Catholics, the permanent Liberal majority (who are aggressively anti-religious), and a small, much-persecuted Protestant remnant. All issues of any interest are religious. There is no longer a Conservative party.
[K]Title of Dutch Members of Parliament.
[K]Title of Dutch Members of Parliament.
[L]Achinese torture. The Dutch soldier says, “Lieutenant,” etc.
[L]Achinese torture. The Dutch soldier says, “Lieutenant,” etc.
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Missing and extra quotation marks fixed. Missing periods added. Inconsistent hyphenation is common for the period and was not changed.
Changed “allreument” to “allurement” on page 3. (rejoicing in universal allurement)
Changed “weathen-beaten” to weather-beaten on page 7. (the weather-beaten little Thucydides)
Changed “suprised” to “surprised” on page 106. (People would not be surprised)
Removed extra “he” from page 162. (Then he said, slowly)
Changed “which” to “wish” on page 163. (I wish she wasn’t.)
Removed extra “came” from page 189. (Antoinette came to stay)
Changed “deliciouly” to “deliciously” on page 246. (you are deliciously fresh)
Changed “suprised” to “surprised” on page 285. (Adeline looked surprised)
Changed “swan” to “swam” on page 306. (Tears of spite swam across Mynheer Mopius’s vision)
Changed “consin” to “cousin” on page 308. (cousin she barely knew)
Extra “with” removed from page 325. (stay with us for a few days)
Changed “entertaiment” to “entertainment” on page 383. (the giver of this whole entertainment)