The world will not listen yet; but the time shall come when it will be more ready.

Wait in patience for that day, and seek not to run before the Lord." Such sage counsel was not unpalatable to Dalaber, who was in a less combative mood now than he had been of late.

He had been threatened with excommunication, and indeed for a while there was no hope that he would be regarded as a fit person to receive the holy rite.

That in itself was terrible to his devout spirit, and when any person spoke gently and kindly to him, and in a friendly and persuasive fashion, he was always eager to declare his love and loyalty for the Catholic Church.
He hated the thought of being regarded as an outcast and heathen.
He knew that it was so terribly unjust.

He had borne witness to his own beliefs; he had made full confession of faith; he had steadfastly refused to betray any comrade.