e been, know how that cowardice meant your misery and your disgrace.
I do not seek to excuse my conduct. It cannot be excused, and yet I
must speak the truth, I must----"

He hesitated a second, and then went on, "Can you forgive me, Jean?
Through all you have been pure and worthy, while I have been unworthy.
My name has been spoken of with honour, and yours has been covered with
shame through me. Can you forgive me? And more--perhaps you will
scorn me and repel me when I tell you this--but after that night when I
saw you in Manchester and knew that you still lived, all my old love
came back to me; I know that really it had never died. Jean, can you
forgive me?"

The eyes of the man and the woman met. At first hers seemed hard and
unyielding--she was evidently fighting a great battle. Then slowly,
little by little, they underwent a change, and Paul saw that the tears
were welling up.

"Jean! Jean!" said the judge, holding out his hands. "Have you no
word for me?"

"Come, Mary," said Paul. "Let us go into the other room."

And they went out, leaving the two together.

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