ive horses, rolling
along the way to Torda. A servant on horse led by the bridle a
saddle-horse. The farther Banfy separated himself from the seat of his
power the greater his anxiety became; his soul was irresolute and he
began to see spectres brought nearer by every step forward. Pride
alone kept him from changing his purpose. Everything seemed to him
different from what it had formerly been. He thought he read the
feelings toward him of those whom he met, in their faces and forms of
greeting; if anybody smiled he thought it was from pity, if the
greeting was sullen he saw hatred. Now he stopped and questioned all
those with whom he had even the slightest acquaintance; people whom he
formerly deemed unworthy of a glance or else looked down upon.
Misfortune recalls to the memory of men the faces of acquaintances,
and a man who once would have even repelled the hand-shake of a friend
now extends his hand to a foe while yet afar off.

Suddenly he saw that an open carriage was coming toward him from
Torda, and that the one seat was occupied by a man wrapped in a grey
duster, in whom Banfy as he rode past recognized Martin Koncz, the
Bishop of the Unitarians. He called to him to stop a moment. The
Bishop on account of the noise of the wheels did not hear him, took
off his hat and drove on. Banfy considered this an intentional
avoidance and looked upon it as a bad omen. The man who once had borne
all perils so lightly now shrank back before every fancy of his brain.
He ordered his carriage to stop, mounted his horse and told his
coachman to drive on to Torda and wait for him there. Then he galloped
after the Bishop's carriage. When the Bishop saw him riding up he had
his carriage stopped, while Banfy breathlessly shouted from a
distance:

"So then you will not enter into conversation with me?"

"At your good pleasure, my lord; I did not know that you wished to
speak with me."

"You know already what has happened to me, I suppose. What do you say
to it? what ought I to do?"

"In such a case my lord, it is as difficult to give advice as it is to
receive it."

"I have determined to obey the summons."

"As you say, my lord."

"I certainly have nothing to fear. I feel the justice of my cause."

"It is possible that you are in the right my lord, but you will
hardly receive justice for that reason. In the world of to-day
everything is possible."

Banfy caught the allusion. He had once used the same words to the
bish