The Penitentes of San Rafael: a Tale of the San Luis Valley
The Penitentes of San Rafael: a Tale of the San Luis Valley
How Louis
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"She and I are bosom friends. I told her not to marry him and she said she wouldn't. Now I'll tell her to, and I'm blest if she won't, just to break my heart. As to it's being adultery, I say it's a plain case of good, old-fashioned concubinage. And there's warrant for that in the Bible, isn't there?" he asked Dumain. "I don't pretend to excuse it," gravely replied Dumain. "My only warrant is that good may Digitized by VjOOQIC 204 THE PENITENTES OF SAN RAFAEL come of this evil. I am here to aid... you, and that's my first duty. Besides, the Mormons are not Christians; and so their sin is at least not a mock of religion like the fanatical celebration at San RafaeL" "If it's as serious as all that," said Stange, gravely, "I hope you don't blame the poor girl. She won't be doing anything she thinks wrong." "I have scarcely seen the girl yet," replied Dumain. He stepped to the door, and as he opened it, said: "I shall probably see you down stairs later, — ^at supper, I hope." He paused a moment.
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