"Thank you," he said, "you have set my sins before me, and I will not try to hide them; but by the Eternal, not for you or for any man, will I be anything but myself." "What kind of self ?" enquired Brown.

"Beast or man ?" "That is not the question," said French hotly.

"I will be no hypocrite, as you would have me be." "Jack French," said Brown, "you know you are speaking a lie before God and man." French stepped quickly towards him.
"Brown, you will have to apologize," he said in a low, tense voice, "and quick." "French, I will apologize if what I have said is not true." "I cannot discuss it with you, Brown," said French, his voice thick with rage.

"I allow no man to call me a liar; put up your hands." "If you are a man, French," said Brown with equal calm, "give me a minute.
Read your letter again.

Does she ask you to be a hypocrite?
Does she not, do I not, only ask you to be a man, and to act like a man ?" "It won't do, Brown.