text: " With these words he unsheathed with a look of curiosity the dagger which had been taken from the dead man and bringing it to the lantern deciphered and translated the following inscription:-- "Be slow to offend--swift to revenge!" "Quite a robber's rule " said Verkhoffsky; "my poor brother Evstafli! you fell a victim to such a fanatic principle as this!" The eyes of the good youth filled with tears