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A Life for a Life - Volume 3

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .was, he never shirked it, nor hid it from us; but told us outright, risking all the consequences. A man, too, against whom, in his whole life, we can prove but this one crime.”

“What, do you take his part?”

“No,” she said; “I wish he had died before he set foot in this house—for I remember Harry. But I see also that after all this lapse of years Harry is not the only person whom we ought to remember.”

“I remember nothing but the words of this Book,” cried the old man, letting his hand drop heavily upon it. “‘Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.’ What have you to say for yourself, murderer?”

All this time, faithful to her promise to me, she had not interfered—she, my love, who loved me; but when she heard him. . . Read More

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