21/25 That is why I waited here all through this night of misery. But you will send me a line when you have killed him; will you not? Should he escape you, he shall not escape me." "Young man," said Raynal, with dignity, "this rage is unmanly. Besides, we have not heard his side of the story. He is a good soldier; perhaps he is not all to blame: or perhaps passion has betrayed him into a sin that his conscience and honor disapprove: if so, he must not die. |