"You shouldn't have prayed so loud, Ahlmann," replied Von Barwig with a sardonic smile. "You laid too many cornerstones; your charities are too well known. You should have kept them a secret and not blazoned your generosity to the whole world. When you fed an orphan or a widow you shouldn't have advertised it in the newspapers."
Stanton looked at him and saw no hope.
"You're going to ruin me?" he asked.
Von Barwig made no reply.
"You're going to tell her?" demanded Stanton.
"Yes," replied Von Barwig in a quiet tone; "I'm going to tell her."
"You'd better think first."
"I have thought."
"How will you explain her mother's shame?"
"Ah!" Von Barwig glared at him in silence. "You will shield yourself behind the mother, eh?" he asked.