at such great length, so long after the event. My wife wished it. The fact is that she wants you to think better of me than I deserve; and I - yes - I confess that I should like you not to think quite as ill of me as you must have done all these years. I was villain enough, but do not think I am unpunished.
“I am an outlaw from my country. I am morally a transported felon. Only in this no-man’s land am I a free man;
at such great length, so long after the event. My wife wished it. The fact is that she wants you to think better of me than I deserve; and I - yes - I confess that I should like you not to think quite as ill of me as you must have done all these years. I was villain enough, but do not think I am unpunished.
“I am an outlaw from my country. I am morally a transported felon. Only in this no-man’s land am I a free man;
