I've never had any on myself and none on my child.

Why in the name of justice, should I have mercy on you, or on him?
You were both older than I, both strong, sane people, you deliberately chose your course when you lured him, and he, when he was unfaithful to me.

When a Loose Man and a Light Woman face the end the Almighty ordained for them, why should they shout at me for mercy?
What did I have to do with it ?" Elvira Carney sobbed in panting gasps.
"You've got tears, have you ?" marvelled Mrs.Comstock.

"Mine all dried long ago.

I've none left to shed over my wasted life, my disfigured face and hair, my years of struggle with a man's work, my wreck of land among the tilled fields of my neighbours, or the final knowledge that the man I so gladly would have died to save, wasn't worth the sacrifice of a rattlesnake.