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“ThankGod！“theboymurmured。
“Lookhere，“Hamelcontinued，“whatareyoudoinginthisbusiness，anyway？Youareoldenoughtoknowyourownmindandtogoyourownway。“
“Yousaythatbecauseyoudon’tknow，“Geralddeclaredbitterly。
“InasenseIdon’t，“Hameladmitted，“andyetyoursisterhintedtomeonlythisafternoonthatyouandshe-“
“Oh，Iknowwhatshetoldyou！“theboyinterrupted。“We’vewornthechainsforthelasteightyears。Theyarebreakingher。
They’vebrokenmymother。SometimesIthinktheyarebreakingme。
But，youknow，therecomesatime-therecomesatimewhenonecan’tgoon。I’veseensomestrangethingshere，somethatI’vehalfunderstood，somethatIhaven’tunderstoodatall。I’veclosedmyeyes。I’vekeptmypromise。I’vedonehisbidding，whereeverithasledme。Butyouknowthereisatime-thereisalimittoallthings。Ican’tgoon。IspiedonthismanDunster。Ibroughthimhere。ItisIwhoamresponsibleforanythingthatmayhappentohim。It’sthelasttime！“
Gerald’sfacewaswhitewithpain。Hamellaidhishanduponhisshoulder。
“Myboy，“hesaid，“thereareworsethingsintheworldthanbreakingapromise。Whenyougaveit，theconditionswhichwereexistingatthetimemadeit，perhaps，arightandreasonableundertaking，butsometimesthewholeoftheconditionsunderwhichapromisewasgiven，change。Thenonemusthavecourageenoughtobefalseeventoone’sword。“
“Haveyoutalkedtomysisterlikethat？“Geraldaskedeagerly。
“IhaveandIwillagain，“Hameldeclared。“To-morrowmorningI
leavethishouse，butbeforeIgoImeantohavetheaffairofthismanDunsterclearedup。Yourunclewillbeveryangrywithme，withoutadoubt。Idon’tcare。ButIdowantyoutotrustme，ifyouwill，andyoursister。Ishouldliketobeyourfriend。“
“Godknowsweneedone！“theboysaidsimply。“Goodnight！“
Oncemorethehousewasquiet。Hamelpushedhiswindowwideopenandlookedoutintothenight。Theairwasabsolutelystill，therewasnowind。Theonlysoundwasthefallingofthelowwavesuponthestonybeachandthefaintscrunchingofthepebblesdrawnbackbytheebb。Helookedalongtherowofwindo
