But he got hold of himself enough to quit talking, in a minute, and his cunning come back to him before he was through trembling.

Then the doctor says slow and even, but not severe: "You go back to your people now, bishop, and tell them they've made a mistake about me.

And if you can, undo the harm you've done with this Messiah business.

As far as this stuff of mine is concerned, there's none of it for you nor for any other negro.

You tell them that.