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CHAPTER XII. 73
"I think I was meant to be an honest man," he said. "That is, I am better
suited to it. But fate ordained otherwise."
"Fate?"
"Yes; I believe that everything that happens to us is fated, and could not
have been otherwise."
"You think, then, that you were fated to be a bushranger?"
"I am sure of it."
"That, then, accounts for it not troubling you."
"You are right. We can’t kick against fate, you know."
"I shouldn’t like to believe as you do," said Harry earnestly.
"You’ll come to believe it sooner or later," said the outlaw, with an air of
conviction.
"Then what is the use of trying to lead a good and honorable life?"
"That’s just what I say. There isn’t any use."
Harry had never before met anyone holding such views of fate. He was
interested, but repelled. He felt that he could not and would not accept any
such idea, and he said so.
"You’ll change your mind after you become one of us," said his companion.
"After what?" ejaculated Harry.
"After you become one of us."
"But that will never be. How can you think such a thing!"
