I could not. My cheeks were as hot as fire, and my very eyes burnt in my head. I saw your father looking grave at me. I said it was a lie, and so it was. Months after, this letter came, and you see what provocation Frederick had. It was not for himself, or his own injuries, he rebelled; but he would speak his mind to Captain Reid, and so it went on from bad to worse; and you see, most of the sailors stuck by Frederick."
"I think, Margaret," she continued, after a pause, in a weak, trembling, exhausted voice, "I am glad of it--I am prouder of Frederick standing up against injustice, than if he had been simply a good officer."
"I am sure I am," said Margaret, in a firm, decided tone. "Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless."

, though my eyes burnt in my head. I said it was a lie, and so it was. Months afterwards, this letter came, and you see what provocation Frederick had. It was not for himself that he rebelled; but he would speak his mind to Captain Reid, and so it went on from bad to worse; and most of the sailors stuck by Frederick.
'I think, Margaret,' she continued, after a pause, in an exhausted voice, 'I am glad of it - I am prouder of Frederick standing up against injustice, than if he had been simply a good officer.'
'I am sure I am,' said Margaret firmly. 'Loyalty to wisdom and justice is fine; but it is still finer to defy power used unjustly and cruelly, on behalf of others more helpless.'
