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 Why should he believe blindly what others choose to propagate as truth? Andrew, can it be that the heretics, and the people of whom you speak and of whom the stewardess told me, are the same? Is it possible that men of such pure and liberal faith have been so heartlessly treated? It seems to me, judging from their practice, that every one might have seen that their aims were of the very best kind.”

“What was Miss Felsenburk guilty of that her own father imprisoned her?” Andrew asked, unconsciously gaining more confidence in the stranger, who was moving nearer to him. They were now sitting close together in the bay-window, watching with interest each other’s beautiful face; no longer as enemies, but as dear friends. “Those who do not know their family affairs as you do will condemn her, believing that the loving father would not have turned against her for a small offense or a difference of opinion; they will believe that some impropriety on her part changed him. Who will believe that