He stood over me with clenched fists and starting eyes.
“Don’t you see that I want to save your life?” he cried. “Don’t you see that this is the only way? Do you suppose a murder more or less makes any difference to that lot downstairs? Are you really such a fool as to die rather than hold your tongue?”
“I won’t hold it for money, at all events,” said I. “But that’s what I was coming to.”
“Very well!” he interrupted.
He stood over me with clenched fists and starting eyes.
“Don’t you see that I want to save your life?” he cried. “Don’t you see that this is the only way? Do you suppose a murder more or less makes any difference to that lot downstairs? Are you really such a fool as to die rather than hold your tongue?”
“I won’t hold it for money, at all events,” said I. “But that’s what I was coming to.”
“Very well!” he interrupted.
