Chapter 32 THE OUTLAW.

"He knew himself a villain, but he deemed

The rest no better than the thing he seemed;

And scorned the best as hypocrites, who hid,

Those deeds the bolder spirit plainly did.

He knew himself detested, but he knew

The hearts that loathed him crouched and dreaded, too.

Lone, wild and strange he stood, alike exempt

From all affect