your assurances. Everything points in the one direction,
and I fear there is no doubt whatever of your guilt."
"Since you say that you have not done it, and declare
yourself incapable of any such act, I can only reply that
I sincerely wish things may be so. I have resolved not
to prosecute, but it is impossible that I should keep
you on in your old post. Much as I regret to have
to dismiss you, after all these years that we have worked
together, I have no choice."
"Your next quarter's stipend will be paid in advance, but