"Try to forgive him! How often have I forgiven him without any trying? Why did he come down here the other day, and insult me for the last time? Why didn't he keep away, as I had bidden him?"
"But you gave him leave to see you, sir."
"I didn't give him leave to treat me like that. Never mind; he will find that, old as I am, I can punish an insult."
"You haven't done anything, sir, to injure him?" said Kate.

"Forgive him! How often have I forgiven him? Why did he come down here the other day, and insult me? Why didn't he keep away, as I had told him?"
"But you gave him leave to see you, sir."
"I didn't give him leave to treat me like that. Never mind; he will find that, old as I am, I can punish an insult."
"You haven't done anything, sir, to injure him?" said Kate.
