At one moment her woman's tender pity went out to the big-hearted man who had been submitted to such Indignities by his own son and herself, and all those concerned in the conspiracy, and, at the next, she found herself smiling at the humor of his attitude towards his persecutors.
"The Son of his Father"
Ridgwell Cullum
"I have far too great a respect for our family honour, and for our holy religion, to submit tamely to such Indignities.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
On the other hand, it was known that the Mahdi and his dervishes hated Christians, and Europeans in general; so in the soul of the boy there was bred a fear that the influence of Smain might not be sufficient to shield them from Indignities, from rough treatment, from the cruelties and the rage of the Mahdist believers, who even murdered Mohammedans loyal to the Government.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz