I beg you to reconsider your decision.
Our friend here is, I think, needlessly hard upon himself.

So much the greater will be his reward when the end comes.

So much the greater will be the rapture with which he will throw himself on his knees before you." "Has he sent you to reason with me ?" "Not directly.

I am to a certain extent, however, his major-domo in this enterprise.

I brought him from Africa.