He had not raised his voice, but he had given it carrying quality.

Cary raised his eyes, and laid down the paper he had in his hand.

A genial, down-river planter and magistrate entered the conversation.

"Well, I for one don't hold with all this latter-day hiding behind names out of Roman history! Brutus and Cato and Helvidius, Decius and Aurelius, and all the rest of them! Is a man ashamed of his English name ?" "Or afraid ?" said Rand, then bit his lip.

He had not meant to carry things so far, but the pent-up anger had its way at last.