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Step by step I lured you on until you offered to make me your wife. That was my end and aim. I triumphed; and for a time enjoyed my success, and the advantages that it brought me. But I suppose the worst sinners have some kind of conscience. STEP BY STEP I LURED YOU ON UNTIL YOU OFFERED TO MAKE ME YOUR WIFE THAT WAS MY END AND MY AIM I TRIUMPHED AND FOR A TIME ENJOYED MY SUCCESS AND THE ADVANTAGES THAT IT BROUGHT ME BUT I SUPPOSE THE WORST SINNERS HAVE SOME KIND OF CONSCIENCE
rending voice; "why did you do this cruel thing?" "I will tell you why," the girl answered, slowly and deliberately; "I will tell you why, Mr. Austin; and then I shall seem utterly despicable in your eyes, and it will be a very easy thing for you to blot my image from your heart. I was a poor desolate girl; and I was worse than poor and desolate, for the stain of my father's shameful history blackened my name. It was a fine thing for such as me to win the love of an honest man—a gentleman—who could shelter me from all the troubles of life, and give me a stainless name and an honourable place in society. I was the daughter of a returned convict, an outcast, and your love offered me a splendid chance of redemption from the black depths of disgrace and misery in which I lived. I was only mortal, Clement Austin; what was there in my blood that should make me noble, or good, or strong to stand against temptation? I seized upon the one chance of my miserable life; I plotted to win your love. NT ASKED AT LAST IN A HEARTRENDING VOICE WHY DID YOU DO THIS CRUEL THING I WILL TELL YOU WHY THE GIRL ANSWERED SLOWLY AND DELIBERATELY I WILL TELL YOU WHY MISTER AUSTIN AND THEN I SHALL SEEM UTTERLY DESPICABLE IN YOUR EYES AND IT WILL BE A VERY EASY THING FOR YOU TO BLOT MY IMAGE FROM YOUR HEART I WAS A POOR DESOLATE GIRL AND I WAS WORSE THAN POOR AND DESOLATE FOR THE STAIN OF MY FATHER'S SHAMEFUL HISTORY BLACKENED MY NAME IT WAS A FINE THING FOR SUCH AS ME TO WIN THE LOVE OF AN HONEST MAN A GENTLEMAN WHO COULD SHELTER ME FROM ALL THE TROUBLES OF LIFE AND GIVE ME A STAINLESS NAME AND AN HONORABLE PLACE IN SOCIETY I WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A RETURNED CONVICT AN OUTCAST AND YOUR LOVE OFFERED ME A SPLENDID CHANCE OF REDEMPTION FROM THE BLACK DEPTHS OF DISGRACE AND MISERY IN WHICH I LIVED I WAS ONLY MORTAL CLEMENT AUSTIN WHAT WAS THERE IN MY BLOOD THAT SHOULD MAKE ME NOBLE OR GOOD OR STRONG TO STAND AGAINST TEMPTATION I SEIZED UPON THE ONE CHANCE OF MY MISERABLE LIFE I PLOTTED TO WIN YOUR LOVE
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