The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.
I must not only punish but punish with impunity.
I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.
A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.