"I shall never yield.

But, if ye be men, make the time short!" "I cannot stand this," said Master Raymond.
"We are powerless to help him--let us go." "To torture an old man of eighty years in this way! What a sight for this new world!" exclaimed Master Putnam, as they turned their horses' heads and rode off.
His executioners took Giles Corey at his word.

They knew the old man would never yield.

So they mercifully heaped the heavy weights upon him until they had crushed out his life..