The rector was not to be gainsaid. He moved toward the colonel and clutched him by the arm. “Well, if the plight of strangers cannot move you, think of the good you might yet do here, among the villagers that know you and look to you. There will be much to be managed in this time of peril. Your courage has long been celebrated. Why not add a new chapter? You have led men to war. You have the skills to command all of us through this crisis. I do not have such skills. Furthermore, I am a new-comer to this place; I do not know these people as you and your family know them, who have been here for
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