Chapter 39 A Matter Of Hours

"Father--Father; can--you--can--you--forgive me?"The man on his knees raised his head."Forgive you, my son? Forgive you? My dear boy, there has never been in my heart a thought but of love and sympathy. Pain there has been, I can't deny, but it has helped me to know what you have suffered. I understand it now, my boy. I understand it all, for I,