“Learn from this,” said the hetman, “that whoso carries vengeance too far, from him it often slips away like a bird through the fingers. Prince Boguslav wanted to have Pole’s as witnesses of your shame and suffering so as to disgrace you the more, and he carried the matter too far. But do not boast of this, for it was the ordinance of God which gave you victory, though, in my way, I will tell you one thing,—he is a devil; but you too are a devil! The prince did ill to insult you.”
“I will not leave him behind in vengeance, and God grant that I shall not overdo it.”
“Leave vengeance altogether, as Christ did; though with one word he might have destroyed the Jews.”
Kmita said nothing, and there was no time for discussion; there was not even time for rest. He was mortally wearied, and stil
