The things we do!

We know she has
appealed to you for aid. My own errand, if you please, is near to
its close. It has been--"
"Cut the cards, man!" cried the Missourian. It was lucky that he
interrupted. He was just in time to prevent the other from making
the mistake of saying what was the truth--that he was in any case
about to leave the young lady to her own devices, and by her own
request. The game which he most valued now was not on the table
before him. He was playing it in his own mind. In short, duty or
no duty, he was resolved to end the role of jailer and prisoner,
for sake of the prisoner herself. Let others attempt the
unpleasant task if they liked. Let others condemn if they liked.
He, Carlisle, could be jailer no longer. Yet he deliberated well
the risk he ran.
"It would be ruin to me if this were known, Senator Dunwody, and of
that you are perfectly aware."'
"I know that as well as you, but there can be honor even in
politics, war, or--love. I have given you my word.


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