"Because I have been outraged."
"You struck one of the guard."
"Yes; because he was about to strike a lady on her bare back with his cruel knout, which act my American blood revolted at," replied Barnwell.
"That is the way we punish refractory prisoners."
"Well, it is the way of brutes and fiends."
"You are altogether too outspoken, sir."
"Why should I not be? I owe no allegiance to the Czar," replied Barnwell, quickly.
"But you owe respect to me, sir."
"As the kid owes respect to the wolf in whose power it is."
"Be cautious, I advise you. If what you say of yourself is true, why did you not appeal to the American Minister at St. Petersburg?"