Chapter 25 No.25

But soon as once the genial plain

Has drunk the life-blood of the slain,

Indelible the spots remain;

And aye for vengeance call,

Till racking pangs of piercing pain

Upon the guilty fall.

AEschylus. (Translated by Professor Anstice.)

If Tom May's arrival at home was eagerly anticipated there, it was with a heavy heart that he pr