He said every one knew there had been a quarrel, and that if I did not tell everything it would seem as if I was keeping something back in order to screen you, and that would do you a great deal of harm, and that, as really you were not to blame in the quarrel, my evidence would be in your favor rather than against you.

He says he knew that you would wish me to tell exactly what took place." "Certainly, Charlie; there is nothing I could want hid.

I was wrong to speak of him as Foxey, and to let fly as I did about him; but there was nothing intended to offend him in that, because, of course, I had no idea that he could hear me.

The only thing I have to blame myself very much for is for getting into a wild passion.

I don't think any one would say I did wrong in going out of the house after being knocked about so; but if I had not got into a passion, and had gone straight to Bill's, or to Abijah, or to Mr.Porson, which would have been best of all, to have stopped the night, all this would not have come upon me; but I let myself get into a blind passion and stopped in it for hours, and I am being punished for it." "It was natural that you should get in a passion," Charlie said stoutly.
"I think any one would have got in a passion." "I don't think you would, Charlie," Ned said, smiling.
"No," Charlie replied; "but then you see that is not my way.