Question

Was it possible that he could ever escape the everlasting stigma of cowardice - ay, and before him in great red letters, he saw written in the air that fatal clause in the agreement, to which she and all others would point with bitter scorn, ______________________, overwhelming evidence against him. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips

Answer 1

It was not possible for him to escape the everlasting stigma of cowardice. The agreement with which he had to abide had a clause that branded him, before the world, as a coward. He was powerless to escape this fate because all would point, with bitter scorn, to this fatal clause. He was an pariah among men. He had become an outcast. He was alone, a lonely figure of misery and regret.