Chapter 13

“Must it be? Must we then
Render back to God again
This, His broken work, this thing
For His man that once did sing?”
--Josephine Prestor Peabody.

“And listen! I declare to you that if all is as you say--and
I do not doubt it--you have never ceased to be virtuous in
the sight of God!”--Victor Hugo.

THE REBEL PROVES THAT HE IS LOST TO GOOD FORM AND RESPECTABILITY BY STEPPING BETWEEN A SINNER AND THE WAGES OF SIN, THUS EVIDENCING TO THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY HIS COMPLETE DEGENERATION