I 've borne this punishment for you, paid the penalty of your act to the full satisfaction of the law.

The very least you can do in ordinary decency is to speak the truth now.

It will not hurt you, but it will lift me out of hell." Murphy's eyes were cunning, treacherously shifting under the thatch of his heavy brows; he was like an old rat seeking for any hole of refuge.
"Well--maybe I might.

Anyhow, I'll go on--with ye.

Kin I sit up?
I 'm dog tired--lyin' yere." "Unbuckle your belt, and throw that over first." "I'm damned--if I will.