13/19 I punished him because he broke the one social law which in my country, at any rate, may not be transgressed with impunity." "What you are saying now," Monsieur Grisson interrupted, "amounts to an accusation. These things must be spoken of seriously. You speak upon your honor as an English soldier and a gentleman ?" "Messieurs," I answered, turning to both of them, "it is agreed. I speak to you as I would speak to the judge before whom I should stand if I had murdered this man, and I tell you both, upon my honor, that the treatment which he received from me he merited. |