"What incredulity! What stronger evidence do you want to convict him?"
"I desire positive assurance that the letter was actually written to and for him; at present I do not believe that it was."
"Love is truly blind!"
"Love?"
"Yes."
"What has that to do with the case under consideration?"
"It is not worth while for you to disguise the fact that you have loved Hadley; I know that you do or did, and your own heart knows full well how much it has suffered through that love. Alas, that I, your own father, should have caused you so much anguish!"
"Does my father really say that?"
"Yes, Eveline, and much more. If you only knew how deeply I have suffered, what anguish I endured, as your fevered and broken exclamations fell upon my ear while watching by your bedside, I think you could find it in your heart to forgive me for the unintentional wrong, it was my misfortune, and not my wish, to inflict upon you."
"Father, I have wronged you," said she, leaning forward and winding her arms about his neck. "Forgive me for accusing you of cruelty and unkindness in my thoughts."