JEANNETTE. But it's moral proof. [MARION _turns and goes back to her place ... motions_ FLETCHER _to follow. He does so but almost timidly._ CLERGYMAN _turns from_ JEANNETTE.] Listen! So long as he remains as he is, there's a chance that the world won't always be able to fling my boy's shame in his face. And I tell you, sir, the agony she would suffer now is nothing ... _nothing_ to what her life with him would be. And think what it is to ... [_Her emotion racks her._] watch your child, your own flesh and blood, day and night, all its life, terror-stricken ... [_She controls her emotions._] lest you find some trace of his father in him!

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