"
Mrs. Godwin stood before us, radiant. But as Kennedy's last words
sank into her mind, her face clouded.
"Must--must it be an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth?" she
pleaded eagerly. "Must that grim prison take in others, even if my
husband goes free?"
Kennedy looked at her long and earnestly, as if to let the beauty
of her character, trained by its long suffering, impress itself on
his mind indelibly.
He shook his head slowly.
"I'm afraid there is no other way, Mrs. Godwin," he said gently
taking her arm and leaving the others to be dealt with by a
constable whom he had dozing in the hotel lobby.
"Kahn is going up to Albany to get the pardon--there can be no
doubt about it now," he added. "Mrs. Godwin, if you care to do so,
you may stay here at the hotel, or you may go down with us on the
midnight train as far as Ossining. I will wire ahead for a
conveyance to meet you at the station. Mr. Jameson and I must go
on to New York."
"The nearer I am to Sanford now, the happier I shall be," she
answered, bravely keeping back the tears of happiness.
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