For, as for the word of the wretch who has betrayed me, it is of
no avail; he has prevaricated so notoriously to save himself. If
you deny them, you shall have them all again to the value of a
mite, and more to the bargain. If you swear to the identity of
them, the process will, one way and another, cost you the half of
what they are worth."
"And what security have I for that?" said Mrs. Logan.
"You have none but my word," said the other proudly, "and that
never yet was violated. If you cannot take that, 1 know the worst
you can do. But I had forgot--I have a poor helpless child
without, waiting and starving about the prison door. Surely it was
of her that I wished to speak. This shameful death of mine will
leave her in a deplorable state."
"The girl seems to have candour and strong affections," said Mrs.
Logan. "I grievously mistake if such a child would not be a
thousand times better without such a guardian and director."
"Then will you be so kind as to come to the Grass Market and see
me put down?" said the prisoner. "I thought a woman would
estimate a woman's and a mother's feelings, when such a dreadful
throw was at stake, at least in part.
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