On the back he endorsed that it had been torn by accident, and then gave it the proper vise, affixing the stamps.
"I trust, Excellency," he said, bowing low as he handed it to me, "I trust that this affair will not trouble you further.

I assure you I had no intention of insulting you." "Yes, you had!" I said.

"You insulted me merely because I am English.
But recollect in future that the man who insults an Englishman generally pays for it, and I do not intend to let this pass.

There is a higher power in Finland than even the Governor-General." "But, Excellency," whined the fellow who only ten minutes ago had been such an insulting bully, "I shall lose my position.

I have a wife and six children--my wife is delicate, and my pay here is not a large one.
You will forgive, won't you, Excellency?
I have apologized--I most humbly apologize." And he took up the letter I had given him, holding it gingerly with trembling fingers.