Chapter 41

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​⁠In vain should I attempt to describe the astonishment and disquiet of Herbert, when he and I and Provis sat down before the fire, and I recounted the whole of the secret. Enough, that I saw my own feelings reflected in Herbert’s face, and not least among them, my repugnance towards the man who had done so much for me.

What would alone have set a division between that man and us, if there had been n