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Liability : LiableLiable (from liability) is a legal term used to describe situations in which a person is liable, for, say, damage to property and is therefore responsible to pay compensation for any damage incurred, liability may be civil or criminal.Liable is often used in a business sense, i.e. limited liability: only having to pay for what you invested if a business goes bankrupt for explanation of this sense see business entity. Eldon at that place and at
mention him to you.'
Mutimer was at a loss. If Adela had calculated her reply with the
him.
'And you have told me every word that passed between you?' he asked.
'That would be impossible. I have told you the substance of the
the door.
'Where are you going?'
'I don't feel well. I must rest.'
'Just stop a minute. I've something here I want td show you.'
She turned wearily. Mutimer took a letter from his pocket.
'Will you read that?'
She took it. It was written in a very clear, delicate hand.html">hand, and ran
which I shall never move till I am/am.html">am/am.html">am carried to my grave. My age is
my twenty-first birthday left me without the use of my limbs; it
there is no arguing with fate, and the wise thing is to accept
active part in life, and my interest in the world's progress is as
reform. I have for some time known your name, and have constantly
venture to write (by the hand of a dear friend), to express my
circumstances which have made you powerless to continue it.
'I am possessed of means, and, as you see, can spend but little on
use to the cause of social justice, by putting, in your hands the
I need not affect to be ignorant of your position, and it is my
undivided energies. Will. you accept this money, and continue by
I am convinced is your first desire. If you will do me this great
be paid to you annually, for the next ten years, whether I still
than you can think. I enclose a draft on. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
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