"Come, come," said Rumsey, "you are exaggerating the state of the case."
"I am not. I am going through the most desperate fight that ever assailed a man. I may get out on the side of good, but at the present moment I must state frankly that all my inclinations tend to getting out of this struggle on the side which will put me into the Devil's hands."
"Come," said the doctor again, "if that is so there can be no doubt with regard to your position. You must close with right even though it is a struggle. You confess to possessing a secret; that secret is the cause of your misery; there is a right and a wrong to it?"
"Undoubtedly; a very great right and a very grave wrong."
"Then, Awdrey, do not hesitate; be man enough to do the right."
Awdrey turned white.
"You are the second person who has come here to-night and advised me on the side of God," he said.
"Out with your trouble, man, and relieve your mind."
"When I relieve my mind," said Awdrey, "my wife's heart will break, and our house will be ruined."
"What about you?"