Nettie listened and she stood. She rubbed her hands together and moved across the room. "If it is as you say.. " She moved behind him and slipped her arms around him and hugged him.

"Then I am sorry you had to do this for me, for everyone. I believe you completely. And I am sorry you've had this guilt on your shoulders. I also understand why you could never tell me. I hope that having told me has.. relieved some of the burden from your shoulders."

She was stubborn. Her uncle had done terrible things perhaps, but this thing she honestly believed he did it for her and others. She wouldn't condemn him for it.