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It was so unbearable, that instantly she sought another shelter:

obedience to the letter of the Law--Marriage To marry her fellow

outlaw seemed to promise both shelter and stability--for in her

confusion she e for morality At once! Never mind if he

were tired of her; never mind if she must humble what she called her

pride, and plead with hi--

except this dreadful revelation: that no one of us may do that which,

if done by all, would destroy society Yes; because she had not

understood that, a boy had taken his own life Marriage! That was

all she thought of; then, suddenly, she cowered--the feet of the

bearers again

"I will be married," she said with dry lips, "oh, I will-I will!"

And Martha King, looking at her furtively, thought she prayed

It was not a prayer, it was only a proanic

upheaval into her soul of the prie of guilt

But the Lord was not in the earthquake