human
And if I refuse?
gpt
If--? In that case I shall not let down the rope again.
human
I do refuse, then.
gpt
Then you are committing suicide,
human
And you murder--murder in the blackest and most diabolical form in which it has ever been committed. And--believe me or not, as you please--I would rather be myself here, than be you, at large with the results of your villainy. And those results--mark my last words--you will never benefit by.
gpt
I say, Fanning, came the voice from overhead again.
human
Hang it, man, say you agree.
gpt
Never, now replied Renshaw, speaking coldly and deliberately.
human
I have never been a grasping man, and I defy my worst enemy to charge me with a single instance of taking advantage of anybody. But--I have always tried to be a man of principle--to act on principle. And in utterly refusing to play up to your villainous hand I am following out that line consistently. And now, Maurice Sellon, I will just add this. I am alone in the world, and having no ties my life is to that extent my own. I will let it be sacrificed rather than violate a principle. But you, from the hour you leave this place, you will never know a moment's peace, never for a moment will the recollection of what you have done to-day cease to haunt you. Here from my living tomb I can afford to pity you.