[By Right of Conquest by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookBy Right of Conquest CHAPTER 2: Bound To Unknown Parts 7/24
Now a man, when things go wrong with him, speaks out loudly and roundly; he storms and he rages, but when it is over, there is an end of it.
Now a woman is not like that.
She seems to ponder the matter over in her heart, and to bring it out as it were piecemeal--throwing little darts at you when you don't expect it; saying little things to which, from their suddenness, you can find no reply; and pricking you furiously all over, until you are ready to roar out with pain and vexation.
You see, Roger, a prick hurteth more than a great cut." "I should not have thought that, father." "That is because you have not thought the matter over, Roger.
In that fight with the Moors many of the men were sorely cut and wounded, but you heard no cry from them; they only set their teeth the harder, and smote more furiously upon their foes; but there was no one of them all but, had he sat down suddenly on a small nail, would have roared out like a bull, and have sworn lustily for a good half hour.
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