28/36 Since when have patriots come to take the vow of celibacy? The day when there will cease to be Poles, there will cease also to be a Poland." Samuel Brohl interrupted him, pressing his arm earnestly, and saying: "Look at me well; have I not the appearance of an adventurer ?" The abbe recoiled. "This word shocks you ?" continued Samuel. "Yes, I am a man of adventures, born to be always on my feet, and ready to start off at a moment's warning. Marriage was not instituted for those whose lives are liable at any time to be in jeopardy." With a tragic accent, he added: "You know what occurred in Bosnia. |