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The Living Link by James De Mille
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Will you send him away, either in your name or in mine? You are easily
able to keep out my friends; will you keep out my enemies?"

"This man," said Wiggins, "shall soon give you no more trouble."

"Soon--what do you mean by soon?" asked Edith, impatiently.

"As soon as my plans will allow me to proceed to extremities with him."

"Your plans!" repeated Edith. "You are always bringing up your plans.
Whatever is concerned, you plead your plans. They form a sufficient
excuse for you to refuse the commonest justice. And yet what I ask is
certainly for your own interests."

"If you knew me better," said Wiggins, "you would not appeal to my
interests. I have not generally fashioned my life with regard to my own
advantage. Some day you will see this. You, at least, should be the last
one to complain of my plans, since they refer exclusively to the
vindication of your injured father."

"So you have said before," said Edith, coldly. "Those plans must be very
convenient, since you use them to excuse every possible act of yours."

"You will not have to wait long now," said Wiggins, in a weary voice, as
though this interview was too much for his endurance--"not very long. I
have heard to-day of something which is very favorable. Since the trial
certain documents and other articles have been kept by the authorities,
and an application has been made for these, with a view to the
establishment of your father's innocence. I have recently heard that the
application is about to be granted."
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