All that we have is his; let him take what he will, so he leaves us our honor, and that, indeed, no one can take from us.

It is the principle that our ancestors have attested on a hundred fields and in every other way, and will you now be false to it, my boy ?" "I must be true to myself, mother, first of all, in spite of all the kings of earth; and I feel that duty and honor call me to the side of my friends and the people of this commonwealth.

I have hesitated long, mother, in deference to you, but now I have decided." "And you turn against two mothers, Hilary, when you take this course,--old England, the mother country, and this one, this old mother, who stands before you, who has given you her heart, who has lived for you, who lives in you now, whose devotion to you has never faltered; she now humbly asks with outstretched arms, the arms that carried you when you were a baby boy, that you remain true to your king." "Nay, but, mamma," he said, calling her by the sweet name of his boyhood, taking her hand and looking down at her tenderly with tear-dimmed eyes full of affection, "one must be true to his idea of right and duty first of all, even at the price of his allegiance to a king; and, after all, what is any king beside you in my heart?
But I feel in honor bound to go with my people." The irresolution was gone from his expression now, and the two determined faces--one full of pity, the other of apprehension--confronted each other..