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But he was not less inviolable than when he bore arms to insure

his safety; the recollection of his former ferocity, and the

contrast of his present gentleness, the former exciting a desire

of revenge, and the latter rendering this revenge so easy,

conspired to subdue hatred, and, in its place, to substitute an

admiration which served him as a safeguard. The man whom no one

could humble, but who had humbled himself, was regarded with the

deepest veneration. Those whom he had wronged had obtained,

beyond their hopes, and without incurring any danger, a

satisfaction which they could never have promised themselves from

the most complete revenge, the satisfaction of seeing him repent

of his wrongs, and participate, so to speak, in their

indignation. In his voluntary abasement, his countenance and

manner had acquired, without his own knowledge, something

elevated and noble; his outward demeanour was as dauntless as

ever.