It was as though the truth which sat enshrined in the man's soul lifted him above all the ordinary emotions of fear of misunderstandings.
"For those few minutes," he confessed, "I was very angry.

It brings great pain to a man to see the thing he loves droop her wings, flutter down to earth, and walk the common highway.

It is not for you, dear one, to mingle with that crowd who scheme and cheat, hide and deceive, for any reward in the world, whether it be money, fame, or the love of country.

You were not made for those things, and when I saw you there, so utterly in my power, having deliberately taken your risk, I was angry.

For a single moment I meant that you should realise the danger of the path you were treading.