Excerpt: ...and so did I. "The reverend father's behaviour assuredly suggested urgency," I said. "And was there none?" asked the old man quietly. "You sons of war chase the oldest of human illusions: to you nothing is of moment but the impact of brutal forces or the earthly cunning which arrays and moves them. To me all this is less hateful than contemptible, in moment not comparable with the joy of a single human soul. Believe me, my sons, although the French have destroyed my peerless University-fortis Salamantina, arx ...
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Excerpt: ...and so did I. "The reverend father's behaviour assuredly suggested urgency," I said. "And was there none?" asked the old man quietly. "You sons of war chase the oldest of human illusions: to you nothing is of moment but the impact of brutal forces or the earthly cunning which arrays and moves them. To me all this is less hateful than contemptible, in moment not comparable with the joy of a single human soul. Believe me, my sons, although the French have destroyed my peerless University-fortis Salamantina, arx sapientia-I were less eager to hurry God's avenging hand on them than to bring together two souls which in the pure joy of meeting soar for a moment together, and, fraternising, forget this world. Nay, deny it not: for I saw it, standing by. Least of all be ashamed of it." "I am not sure that I understand you, holy father," I answered. "But you have done us a true service, and shall be rewarded by a confession-from a stubborn heretic, too." I glanced at Captain Alan mischievously. My kinsman put up a hand in protest. "Oh, I will prepare the way for you," said I: "and by and by you will be astonished to find how easy it comes." I turned to the Doctor Gonsalvez. "You must know, then, my father, that the Captain and I, though we follow the same business and with degrees of success we are too amiable to dispute about, yet employ very different methods. He, for instance, scorns disguises, while I pride myself upon mine. And, by the way, as a Professor of Moral Philosophy, you are doubtless used to deciding questions of casuistry?" "For twenty years, more or less, I have presided at the public disputations in the Sala del Claustro of our University." "Then perhaps you will resolve me the moral difference between hiding in a truss of hay and hiding under a wig? For, in faith, I can see none." "That is matter for the private conscience," broke in Captain Alan. "Pardon me," suggested the Doctor; "you promised me a narrative, I believe." "We'll...
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