What mattered was that a man had treated me as no man had a right to treat another—not even if he was master… — Chinua Achebe
What mattered was that a man had treated me as no man had a right to treat another—not even if he was master and the other slave; and my manhood requires that I made him pay for his insult in full measure.
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