Come, truss me that fellow, and have done with words." His fierceness overthrew the boy's outburst of resistance.

Kenneth had wit enough to see that his mood was not one to brook much opposition, and so, with an oath and a groan, he went to work to pinion Gregory.
Then Joseph spoke again.

"Weigh well this act of yours, Sir Crispin," he cried.

"You are still young; much of life lies yet before you.

Do not wantonly destroy it by an act that cannot repair the past." "But it can avenge it, Joseph.