True, I record the deeds that I abhor, 90
But these that master has to answer for.
Then say, I leave the office: his success,
And his injustice, will not be the less;
Nay, would be greater—I am right to stay;
It checks him, doubtless, in his fearful way.
Fain would I stay, and yet be not beguiled;
But pitch is near, and man is soon defiled.”
III.
P. Such were the Man and Master—and I now