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BOPPO CONFRONTS AND REPUDIATES RUDOLPH
in years to come; and I trust I also represent the indignation of true knighthood, and the repudiation of such acts and of the spirit that prompts them by the self-respect of revolted nations. I doubt not the day shall come when the only hope of your line shall shrink from the eyes of society and the presence of the assembled pride of nations like a fugitive from justice.”
Boppo strode from the presence of Rudolph, leaving the mantle and the crosses at his feet.
