Chapter 29

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌⁠The effect upon Swithin of the interview with the Bishop had been a very marked one. He felt that he had good ground for resenting that dignitary's tone in haughtily assuming that all must be sinful which at the first blush appeared to be so, and in narrowly refusing a young man the benefit of a single doubt. Swithin's assurance that he would be able to explain all some day had been taken in conte