For, he thought, why should they not suffer for their faults?
We punish the poor and ignorant for their crimes:
So, it is just that we should punish the rich and those who know better, too.
And this great man gave orders that his sons should be beaten with rods; and that then their heads should be cut off.
And there he sat upon his seat, as judge,—pale and cold, but firm and brave.
And when all was past—when both his sons were dead, and their warm blood lay shed on the ground before him:
Then, when the judge had done his duty, but not before, he gave way to the love of the father.
He arose and left his seat;
He went to his own house, and there wept and mourned many days.