The Unpardonable Sin by Rupert Raleigh Hughes

Author:Rupert Raleigh Hughes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction, romance, war, film/TV adaptation, World War I
Publisher: Distributed Proofreaders Canada
Published: 1918-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XXIV

After Noll and Dimny had left the streets of Rotterdam, on the Antwerp road, Noll astounded Dimny by producing a bundle of German money, the equivalent of five hundred dollars.

“What’s all this?” she asked, as he held it out to her.

“It’s something you left in Carthage by mistake.”

“I don’t understand.”

“When you ran away from us, and wrote that note for my mother, you inclosed five hundred dollars to pay expenses. But we don’t run a boarding-house.”

“But the doctor’s bills, and the nurse, and all?”

“They are part of Carthage hospitality. We want you to come back again.”

“But I couldn’t think of taking this.”

“You couldn’t think of hurting our feelings. It was a wonderful privilege to have you visit us. When I think what a difference your coming to our house has made in our life—” He was afraid to go on.

She was afraid to protest further. She put the cash in her hand-bag. They were very well acquainted now, for money had passed between them. It was almost like being married.

Dimny’s interest was divided between the wintry landscape and her formidable documents of safe conduct. These included a certificate.

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