But, in truth, ye had good right to wound.

Naught but kindness have I had among you all; and I will answer.
Straightly have I lived since my birth.

Yet betimes a torturing unrest of mind was used to come upon me as I watched the world around us.

I saw men generous to their kind, industrious and brave, beloved by their fellows; and I have seen these same men drink and dance and give themselves to coarse, rough play like young dogs in a kennel.

Yet, too, I have seen dark things done in drink--the cheerful made morose, the gentle violent.