The wise bear what they cannot resist"; and with a gentle smile and lifted eyebrows Fray Ignatius crossed himself.
"I have respected your faith, though it was the faith of a bigot; and your opinions, though they were false and cruel, because you believed honestly in them.

But you shall not again interfere with my wife, or my children, or my servants, or my house." "The Senor Doctor is not prince, or pope.

'Shall,' and 'SHALL NOT,' no one but my own ecclesiastical superiors can say to me." "I say, you shall not again terrify my wife and insult my daughter, and disorganize my whole household! And, as the God of my mother hears me, you shall not again burn up His Holy Word under my roof.

Never, while I dwell beneath it, enter my gates, or cross my threshold, or address yourself to any that bear my name, or eat my bread." With the words, he walked to the door and held it open.

It was impossible to mistake the unspoken order, and there was something in the concentrated yet controlled passion of Robert Worth which even the haughty priest did not care to irritate beyond its bounds.
He gathered his robe together, and with lifted eyes muttered an ejaculatory prayer.