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"Kenelm," said Lady Alden, raising her earnest eyes and clasping her hands, "you cannot be cruel; you cannot forget every tie that binds you to Ronald. Oh, why, my God! why did I bring that fatal box here? You cannot forget all that Ronald was to you. He left his wife and children in your charge, and you would rob them of all their natural protectors -- of husband and father! Oh, Kenelm! you must not do it. No man could live and be so cruel."
"I must do justice," he said, firmly.