If it had pleased God to put an end to me it would have been a good thing for all. But I am getting used to the horror of my existence. They say that a time comes when men laugh at misery through long acquaintance with it. Surely that time will soon come to me!" "Your aim has always been good," said Venn. "Why should you say such desperate things?" "No, they are not desperate. They are only hopeless; and my great regret is that for what I have done no man or law can punish me!"
