11/14 "He try to save you from hell-'n'-damnation w'en 'e h-ought to give you a good cuss'n!"-- and in the ecstasy of his anger burst into tears. His head was bowed, a heavy grizzled lock fell down upon his dark, frowning brow, one hand clenched the top of his staff, the other his knee, and both trembled violently. As Frowenfeld, with every demonstration of beseeching kindness, began to speak, he lifted his eyes and said, piteously: "Stop! Stop!" "Citizen Fusilier, it is you who must stop. Stop before God Almighty stops you, I beg you. I do not presume to rebuke you. |