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28 “‘A heavy heart,’ said Tell, ‘will not grow light with words.’"

“Not bad that!” murmured Jost Weiler. “Clever way of putting things, Tell has got.”

“‘Yet words,’ I said, ‘might lead us on to deeds.’”

“Neat,” said Jost Weiler—“very neat. Yes?”

“To which Tell’s extraordinary reply was: ‘The only thing to do is to sit still.’

“‘What!’ I said; ‘bear in silence things unbearable?’

“‘Yes,’ said Tell; ‘to peaceable men peace is gladly granted. When the Governor ﬁnds that his oppression does not make us revolt, he will grow tired of oppressing.'”

“And what did you say to that?" asked Ulric the smith.

“I said he did not know the Governor if he thought he could ever grow tired of oppressing.