read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. use only one word per gap

i had suffered as best i could , the thousand wrongs that henry had done to me , but when he began to become insulting i swore to avenge myself. I did not , of (9) ....... , threaten him . I waited for my chance patiently . I wanted to avoid the risk of failure ; and if (10) ........ is to succeed , two conditions are necessary. The wrong doer must know that he is being punished , and by (11) ........ ; and it must be impossible fir him to hit back.
I continued to (12)........ Henry kindly and to smile at his face. He did not realise that my smile was at tge thought of how i would sacrifice him.
On the (13) ......... , Henry was a man to be respected and , if you were his enemy , even feared . Henry had only one weakness - his love of wine. He was proud (14)........ his knowledge of the subject