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"You are a good man, Clement Austin," she said; "and I—wish that I were better worthy of you. You are a good man; but you are very cruel to me to day. Have pity upon me, and let me go." YOU ARE A GOOD MAN CLEMENT AUSTIN SHE SAID AND I WISH THAT I WERE BETTER WORTHY OF YOU YOU ARE A GOOD MAN BUT YOU ARE VERY CRUEL TO ME TO DAY HAVE PITY UPON ME AND LET ME GO
 you of his innocence, then?" "I do not believe that Henry Dunbar murdered my—my unhappy father." It is impossible to describe the tone of anguish with which Margaret spoke those last three words. "But something transpired in that interview at Maudesley Abbey, Margaret? Henry Dunbar told you something—perhaps something about your dead father—some disgraceful secret which you never heard before; and you think that the shame of that secret is a burden which I would fear to carry? You mistake my nature, Margaret, and you commit a cruel treason against my love. Be my wife, dear one; and if malicious people should point to you, and say, 'Clement Austin's wife is the daughter of a thief and a forger,' I would give them back scorn for scorn, and tell them that I honour my wife for virtues that have been sometimes missing in the consort of an emperor." For the first time that morning Margaret's eyes grew dim, but she brushed away the gathering tears with a rapid movement of her trembling hand. NKER'S MANNER CONVINCED YOU OF HIS INNOCENCE THEN I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HENRY DUNBAR MURDERED MY MY UNHAPPY FATHER IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE THE TONE OF ANGUISH WITH WHICH MARGARET SPOKE THOSE LAST THREE WORDS BUT SOMETHING TRANSPIRED IN THAT INTERVIEW AT MAUDESLEY ABBEY MARGARET HENRY DUNBAR TOLD YOU SOMETHING PERHAPS SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR DEAD FATHER SOME DISGRACEFUL SECRET WHICH YOU HAD NEVER HEARD BEFORE AND YOU THINK THAT THE SHAME OF THAT SECRET IS A BURDEN WHICH I WOULD FEAR TO CARRY YOU MISTAKE MY NATURE MARGARET AND YOU COMMIT A CRUEL TREASON AGAINST MY LOVE BE MY WIFE DEAR ONE AND IF MALICIOUS PEOPLE SHOULD POINT TO YOU AND SAY CLEMENT AUSTIN'S WIFE IS THE DAUGHTER OF A THIEF AND A FORGER I WOULD GIVE THEM BACK SCORN FOR SCORN AND TELL THEM THAT I HONOUR MY WIFE FOR VIRTUES THAT HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN MISSING IN THE CONSORT OF AN EMPEROR FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT MORNING MARGARET'S EYES GREW DIM BUT SHE BRUSHED AWAY THE GATHERING TEARS WITH A RAPID MOVEMENT OF HER TREMBLING HAND
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