"Well, I need not tell you how I have been insulted, oppressed and
persecuted by those two men, for you know that already."
"Yes, yes!"
"It really soon became apparent to me that they were resolved, if
possible, to exasperate to desert, to retort, or to commit some
other fatal act of insubordination or violence. Yet, for the sake of
my dear mother and of Clara, I did violence only to my own natural
manhood, and bore it all with the servility of a slave."
"With the submission of a saint, dear Traverse; and in doing so you
followed the divine precept and example of Our Saviour, who, when
accused, railed upon and buffeted, 'opened not his mouth.' And in
His forbearance, dear Traverse, there was as much of God-like
dignity as there was of saintly patience. Great self-respect is as
often manifested in forbearance as in resentment," said Herbert,
soothingly.
"But you see it availed me nothing. Here I am, under a charge to
which I plead guilty, and the penalty of which is--death!" replied
Traverse in despair.
"Tell me how it was, Traverse. Your persecutions and your patience I
knew before, but what are the circumstances that led to your present
position? That your misfortune is the result of a concerted plan on
the part of Le Noir and his tool, I partly see, but I wish you to
put me in possession of all the facts, that I may see in what manner
I may be able to assist you.
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