There was Peter, I know; but even he was not altogether satisfied with himself, and, besides denying his Lord, he stands convicted of physical cowardice.
XIX
A REJOINDER
THANK you. Before my last letter could reach you, vous m’aviez donné affreusement à penser, and this is what occurs to me:—
“Of all the lover’s sorrows, next to that
Of Love by Love forbidden, is the voice
Of Friendship turning harsh in Love’s reproof,
And overmuch of counsel—whereby Love
Grows stubborn, and recoiling unsupprest