It seemed such a shame to do that before us all.

The native took it with meekness, saying nothing, and not showing in his face or manner any resentment.

I had not seen the like of this for fifty years.

It carried me back to my boyhood, and flashed upon me the forgotten fact that this was the usual way of explaining one's desires to a slave.

I was able to remember that the method seemed right and natural to me in those days, I being born to it and unaware that elsewhere there were other methods; but I was also able to remember that those unresented cuffings made me sorry for the victim and ashamed for the punisher.