I would like my fellow-passengers to know that I have never refused to work with them.
I have merely declined to work under an outlaw.

Life is as dear to me as it is to any one else on this ship.

I am taking this step against my will, rather than subject myself to further indignities and the cruelties you would inflict if I held out against you.

I am sorry to deprive you of the spectacular hit you might have made by throwing me into the sea, a treat which you doubtless led all of these people to expect." He climbed down the ladder and dropped into the boat.

As he took his seat, he ran his eye along the line of faces above.