The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.

382 THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. vengeance, and would not come. Monsignore sent as before, I believe, three or four times, and feared that this time he was about to fail. But no. This afternoon the youth had come, with an older friend, to explain that his mind was quite made up, and this year his uncle should be avenged. Then had followed the long argument which I had witnessed. It had been a severe wrestle; monsignore looked worn out, but he had conquered. A third time his intense individuality, supported with all the power of his creed, had triumphed over the hereditary instinct of the mountain-man, public opinion, and the traditional law of all his race. The youth had once more given his bessa and had returned home ' He will keep it? ' I asked. 'He will keep it.' 'And is there no way in which the murderer can be punished? ' ' None.' ' And what will be the end of it? ' ' God knows. Every year that puts off the starting of more blood-feuds is so much to the good.' The episode tells more vividly what manner of man is monsignore, than any description I can add to it. In person he is tall and dark, and he bears his years very lightly. He is polished, courtly, and dignified. None who do not know what life means in that wilderness can realize the nobility of his self-sacrifice. He gave me his blessing when I left,

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Title: The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.
Author: Durham, Mary Edith, 1863-1944.
Canvas: Page 382
Publication: London :: Nelson,; [1905]
Subject terms: Eastern question (Balkan); Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel.

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