If she should fail now, if the temptation conquered her, there
was no shadow of a hope for him. When she came to her senses again he
would be dead.
Why did not somebody come to her help? Where was Ann Holland, that she
should be away just at the very moment when her presence was most
desirable and most necessary? How could Captain Scott think of trusting
her with poison? How could she do battle with so close and subtle a
tempter? So long a battle, too; though all the dreary hours of the
storm! Only a little while ago she had made a solemn promise never to
fall into this sin, never to enter into temptation. But she had been
thrust into temptation unawares, in an instant, with no one to help her,
and no time to gather strength for resistance. Even David himself could
not blame her if she broke her promise. It should be only a taste; it
could not be more than that, for the flask was not full; and now she
came to think of it she could not get on deck to ask the captain for
more, because the hatches were closed. That would save her from taking
too much.
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