Redmain

And now she almost wished Mr.. Redmain had paid her for her services, for she must write to Mr. Turnbull for money, and that she disliked.

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864

The nearer a man is to being a true man, the sooner will conscience of wrong make a coward of him; and herein Redmain had

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864

But, in truth, no one dealt so hardly with Redmain as his own conscience at such times when suffering and fear had awaked it.

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864

But, then, Mortimer was so poor, and Redmain was so _very_ rich!

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864

The boy was sent to a certain public school, which at that time, whatever it may or may not be now, was simply a hot-bed of the lowest vices, and in devil-matters Redmain was an apt pupil.

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864

Quiet as a panther, Redmain was, I say, always in pursuit, if not of something sensual for himself, then of something evil in another.

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864

It was generally when Redmain had been longer than usual without seeing his wife that he said the worst things to her, as if spite had grown in absence; but that he should then be capable of saying such things as he did say, could be understood only by those who knew the man and his history.

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864

Redmain, had a few things that required forgetting.

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864

What she said to her daughter was ten times worse: the one was merely a fact concerning Redmain; the other revealed a horrible truth concerning herself.

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864

Had Redmain had a daughter, he would never have given her to a man like himself.

Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864