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And
the
Governor
,
who
was
a
very
earnest
and
conscientious
man
,
listened
with
all
attention
to
McMillan
,
whom
,
as
he
saw
and
concluded
was
decidedly
an
intense
and
vital
and
highly
idealistic
person
.
No
question
in
his
own
mind
but
what
the
words
of
this
man
--
whatever
they
were
,
would
be
true
--
in
so
far
as
his
own
understanding
would
permit
the
conception
of
a
truth
.
"
But
you
,
personally
,
Mr.
McMillan
,
"
the
Governor
at
last
found
voice
to
say
,
"
because
of
your
long
contact
with
him
in
the
prison
there
--
do
you
know
of
any
material
fact
not
introduced
at
the
trial
which
would
in
any
way
tend
to
invalidate
or
weaken
any
phase
of
the
testimony
offered
at
the
trial
?
As
you
must
know
this
is
a
legal
proceeding
.
I
can
not
act
upon
sentiment
alone
--
and
especially
in
the
face
of
the
unanimous
decision
of
two
separate
courts
.
"
He
looked
directly
at
McMillan
,
who
,
pale
and
dumb
,
now
gazed
at
him
in
return
.
For
now
upon
his
word
--
upon
his
shoulders
apparently
was
being
placed
the
burden
of
deciding
as
to
Clyde
's
guilt
or
innocence
.
But
could
he
do
that
?
Had
he
not
decided
,
after
due
meditation
as
to
Clyde
's
confessions
,
that
he
was
guilty
before
God
and
the
law
?
And
could
he
now
--
for
mercy
's
sake
--
and
in
the
face
of
his
deepest
spiritual
conviction
,
alter
his
report
of
his
conviction
?
Would
that
be
true
--
white
,
valuable
before
the
Lord
?
And
as
instantly
deciding
that
he
,
Clyde
's
spiritual
adviser
,
must
not
in
any
way
be
invalidated
in
his
spiritual
worth
to
Clyde
.
"
Ye
are
the
salt
of
the
earth
;
but
if
the
salt
have
lost
his
savor
,
wherewith
shall
it
be
salted
?
"
And
forthwith
he
declared
:
"
As
his
spiritual
advisor
I
have
entered
only
upon
the
spiritual
,
not
the
legal
aspect
of
his
life
.
"
And
thereupon
Waltham
at
once
deciding
,
from
something
in
McMillan
's
manner
that
he
,
like
all
others
,
apparently
,
was
satisfied
as
to
Clyde
's
guilt
.
And
so
,
finally
finding
courage
to
say
to
Mrs.
Griffiths
:
"
Unless
some
definite
evidence
such
as
I
have
not
yet
seen
and
which
will
affect
the
legality
of
these
two
findings
can
be
brought
me
,
I
have
no
alternative
,
Mrs.
Griffiths
,
but
to
allow
the
verdict
as
written
to
stand
.
I
am
very
sorry
--
oh
,
more
than
I
can
tell
you
.
But
if
the
law
is
to
be
respected
its
decisions
can
never
be
altered
except
for
reasons
that
in
themselves
are
full
of
legal
merit
.
I
wish
I
could
decide
differently
.
I
do
indeed
.
My
heart
and
my
prayers
go
with
you
.
"
He
pressed
a
button
.
His
secretary
entered
.
It
was
plain
that
the
interview
was
ended
.
Mrs.
Griffiths
,
violently
shaken
and
deeply
depressed
by
the
peculiar
silence
and
evasion
of
McMillan
at
the
crucial
moment
of
this
interview
when
the
Governor
had
asked
such
an
all
important
and
direct
question
as
to
the
guilt
of
her
son
,
was
still
unable
to
say
a
word
more
.
But
now
what
?
Which
way
?
To
whom
to
turn
?
God
,
and
God
only
.
She
and
Clyde
must
find
in
their
Creator
the
solace
for
his
failure
and
death
in
this
world
.
And
as
she
was
thinking
and
still
weeping
,
the
Reverend
McMillan
approached
and
gently
led
her
from
the
room
.
When
she
was
gone
the
Governor
finally
turned
to
his
secretary
:
"
Never
in
my
life
have
I
faced
a
sadder
duty
.
It
will
always
be
with
me
.
"
He
turned
and
gazed
out
upon
a
snowy
February
landscape
.
And
after
this
but
two
more
weeks
of
life
for
Clyde
,
during
which
time
,
and
because
of
his
ultimate
decision
conveyed
to
him
first
by
McMillan
,
but
in
company
with
his
mother
,
from
whose
face
Clyde
could
read
all
,
even
before
McMillan
spoke
,
and
from
whom
he
heard
all
once
more
as
to
his
need
of
refuge
and
peace
in
God
,
his
Savior
,
he
now
walked
up
and
down
his
cell
,
unable
to
rest
for
any
length
of
time
anywhere
.
For
,
because
of
this
final
completely
convincing
sensation
,
that
very
soon
he
was
to
die
,
he
felt
the
need
,
even
now
of
retracing
his
unhappy
life
.
His
youth
.
Kansas
City
.
Chicago
.
Lycurgus
.
Roberta
and
Sondra
.
How
swiftly
they
and
all
that
was
connected
with
them
passed
in
review
.
The
few
,
brief
,
bright
intense
moments
.
His
desire
for
more
--
more
--
that
intense
desire
he
had
felt
there
in
Lycurgus
after
Sondra
came
and
now
this
,
this
!
And
now
even
this
was
ending
--
this
--
this
--
Why
,
he
had
scarcely
lived
at
all
as
yet
--
and
these
last
two
years
so
miserably
between
these
crushing
walls
.
And
of
this
life
but
fourteen
,
thirteen
,
twelve
,
eleven
,
ten
,
nine
,
eight
of
the
filtering
and
now
feverish
days
left
.
They
were
going
--
going
.
But
life
--
life
--
how
was
one
to
do
without
that
--
the
beauty
of
the
days
--
of
the
sun
and
rain
--
of
work
love
,
energy
,
desire
.
Oh
,
he
really
did
not
want
to
die
.
He
did
not
.
Why
say
to
him
so
constantly
as
his
mother
and
the
Reverend
McMillan
now
did
to
resolve
all
his
care
in
divine
mercy
and
think
only
of
God
,
when
now
,
now
,
was
all
?
And
yet
the
Reverend
McMillan
insisting
that
only
in
Christ
and
the
hereafter
was
real
peace
.
Oh
,
yes
--
but
just
the
same
,
before
the
Governor
might
he
not
have
said
--
might
he
not
have
said
that
he
was
not
guilty
--
or
at
least
not
entirely
guilty
--
if
only
he
had
seen
it
that
way
--
that
time
--
and
then
--
then
--
why
then
the
Governor
might
have
commuted
his
sentence
to
life
imprisonment
--
might
he
not
?
For
he
had
asked
his
mother
what
the
Reverend
McMillan
had
said
to
the
Governor
--
(
yet
without
saying
to
her
that
he
had
ever
confessed
all
to
him
)
,
and
she
had
replied
that
he
had
told
him
how
sincerely
he
had
humbled
himself
before
the
Lord
--
but
not
that
he
was
not
guilty
.
