Anne, with all my heart. It’s the greatest and grandest verse in the Bible—or in any literature—and the truest, if there are comparative degrees of trueness. And it’s the first duty of a man to tell the truth, as he sees it and believes it.”

“In this case the truth won’t make poor Leslie free,” sighed Anne. “It will probably end in still more bitter bondage for her. Oh, Gilbert, I can’t think you are right.”