"That is the argument I employ for insisting upon the task being yours," he replied.

Then, in a blaze of passion, he--who had schooled his adoptive son so ably in self-control--marshalled once more his arguments.

"It is your duty to your mother to forget that he is your father.

Think of him only as the man who wronged your mother; the man to whom her ruined life, her early death are due--her murderer and worse.

Consider that.