himself to think that an injury should be forgiven
unless the man who did the injury repented of his
own injustice. As to giving his coat to the thief
who had taken his cloak,—he told himself
that were he and others to be guided by that precept
honest industry would go naked in order that vice
and idleness might be comfortably clothed. If
any one stole his cloak he would certainly put that
man in prison as soon as possible and not commence
his lenience till the thief should at any rate affect
to be sorry for his fault. Now, to his thinking,
Paul Montague had stolen his cloak, and were he, Roger,
to give way in this matter of his love, he would be
giving Paul his coat also. No! He was bound
after some fashion to have Paul...