"The spirit of revenge was educated into me until I came to look upon revenge as the best and holiest of emotions; until I believed that if I failed to wreak it I must be a craven and a dastard.

All this seemed so until the moment came to set my hand to the task.

And then--" He shrugged.
"And then ?" she questioned.
"I couldn't.

The full horror of it burst upon me.

I saw the thing in its true and hideous proportions, and it revolted me." "It must have been so," she approved him.
"I told my foster-father; but I met with neither sympathy nor understanding.