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182 WILLY BURKE ; OR,
Weimar, without any direct reply, turned at once to
Willy, and affecting a sternness which was far from his
real feeling at the moment, he said, rather sharply
" You not in earnest—
—
you only make believe dat you
forgive him. Dat 's not natural, dat you 'd be asking us
to pardon him, and he so black against you— I don't
tink dat 's possible ! What you say, boy ? I no like
people dat make blieve. Better say noting about it" ?
" Well, sir" said Willy, " to tell you the truth, I did
find it hard to bring myself to do it, for it is unnatural
I know that, I must own that I was angry with Mr.
Wilson when I found out what he had done, and its only
there, a little while ago, that I got the better of my anger.
But I did, sir, thanks be to God, I did get the better of
It ; and I can solemnly assure you that I never asked any
favour with more sincerity than I ask you and Mr. Talbot
to overlook these young men's fault, and keep them in
their situations".
" But how did you c get de better' of your anger, as
you say yourself ?" persisted Weimar, while Mr. Talbot,
Mrs. Malcolm, and even Dawson, looked eagerly for the
answer.
" Well, sir, I '11 just tell you that. When I felt the
passion strong upon me, and could n't even bear to look
at Mr. Wilson, in the room above, I put my hand in my
pocket for my handkerchief, and it came right on the
crucifix that I had put back into my pocket, to hide it
from any more insult".
What den—what did de crucifix do, eh ?
forgive Wilson, I s'pose".
It make you
" It did, sir", said, Willy, heedless of the tone in which
u that is, it reminded me in a minute of
the other spoke
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