thought the lad . `` And wherefore named he Carter ? Carter -- nay , then Carter had a hand in it , perchance . '' He entered the house , and passing some little way along a flagged and vaulted passage , came to the door of the cell where the hurt man lay groaning . At his entrance Carter started eagerly . `` Have ye brought the priest ? '' he cried . `` Not yet awhile , '' returned Dick . `` Y ' ` ave a word to tell me first . How came my father , Harry Shelton , by his death ? '' The man 's face altered instantly . `` I know not , '' he replied , doggedly . `` Nay , ye know well , '' returned Dick . `` Seek not to put me by . '' `` I tell you I know not , '' repeated Carter . `` Then , '' said Dick , `` ye shall die unshriven . Here am I , and here shall stay . There shall no priest come near you , rest assured . For of what avail is penitence , an ye have no mind to right those wrongs ye had a hand in ? and without penitence , confession is but mockery . ''
`` Ye say what ye mean not , Master Dick , '' said XXXXX , composedly .
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