But we Neapolitans, we can carry a "vendetta" through a life-time--ay, through generation after generation! This is bad, you say--immoral, unchristian.

No doubt! We are more than half pagans at heart; we are as our country and our traditions have made us.

It will need another visitation of Christ before we shall learn how to forgive those that despitefully use us.

Such a doctrine seems to us a mere play upon words--a weak maxim only fit for children and priests.

Besides, did Christ himself forgive Judas?
The gospel does not say so! When I reached my own apartments at the hotel I felt worn out and fagged.