21/23 Besides," he continued, "Monmouth's officers are far-seeing, ambitious men, who have entered into this affair to promote their own personal fortunes. They are gamesters who have set their lives upon the board against a great prize, and they know it. But these other poor misguided people who have gone out to fight for liberty and religion--it is these whom I am striving to rescue." His words sounded fervent, his sentiments almost heroic. Ruth looked at him, and wondered had she misjudged him in the past. |