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Vanstone, with the captain's card added by way of inclosure. By return of post the answer arrived. Always the earliest riser among the ladies of the house, Miss Garth was alo ne in the breakfast-room when the letter was brought in. Her first glance at its contents convinced her of the necessity of reading it carefully through in retirement, before any embarrassing questions could be put to her.
I make here a few extracts from Roscoe's diary, to show the state of his mind at this period: Can a man never get away from the consequences of his wickedness, even though he repents?... Restitution is necessary as well as repentance; but when one cannot make restitution, when it is impossible what then? I suppose one has to reply, Well, you have to suffer, that is all.... Poor Alo!
I make here a few extracts from Roscoe's diary, to show the state of his mind at this period: Can a man never get away from the consequences of his wickedness, even though he repents? . . . Restitution is necessary as well as repentance; but when one cannot make restitution, when it is impossible what then? I suppose one has to reply, Well, you have to suffer, that is all. . . . Poor Alo!
"He's not in our calendar," Brother George argued. "If we're going to keep St. Joseph, why not keep St. Alo what's his name and Philip Neri and Anthony of Padua and Bernardine of Sienna and half-a-dozen other Italian saints?" "Why not?" asked Brother Raymond. "At any rate we have to keep my patron, who was a dear, even if he was a Spaniard."
The Alo, or Western Gallas, the principal cultivators, plant it with the holcus, and reap it about five months afterwards. It is cocked for a fortnight, the woody part is removed, and the leaf is packed in sacks for transportation to Berberah. At Harar, men prefer it for chewing as well as smoking: women generally use Surat tobacco.
"Then we will not talk of it until to-morrow; but read this paper to-day." "I will not irritate him," thought Edmond, and taking the paper, of which half was wanting, having been burnt, no doubt, by some accident, he read: "This treasure, which may amount to two... of Roman crowns in the most distant a... of the second opening wh... declare to belong to him alo... heir. "25th April, 149-"
I, who ought to say to him, as I so long determined: 'You shall be destroyed. You killed my sister, poor Alo; if not with a knife yourself you killed her heart, and that is just the same. I never knew until now what a heart is when killed." She caught her breast as though it hurt her, and, after a moment, continued: "Do hearts always ache so when they love?
Falchion's name was generally connected with your fancies.... But really no one could place any weight on what a man said in delirium, and I only mention the fact to let you see exactly on what ground I stand with you." "Can you give me an idea of the thing I raved about?" "Chiefly about a girl called Alo, not your wife, I should judge who was killed."
The very night Alo killed herself I had made up my mind to leave the navy. I was going to send in my papers, and come back to Apia, and marry her as Englishmen are married. While I remained in the navy I could not, as you know, marry her. It would be impossible to an English officer. I intended to come back and be regularly married to her." "You say that now," was the cold reply.
You wisely came straight to the Consul's office my father's house. And I helped you, though Alo, half-caste Alo, was my sister!" Roscoe started back. "Alo your sister!" he exclaimed in horror. "Yes, though I did not know it till afterwards, not till just before my father died.
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