Yes! I would have degraded myself that another man should not suffer for my deed"-- "Quite proper!" interposed the farmer.
"And you take this opportunity of insulting me afresh.

You're a coward, sir! nobody but a coward would have insulted me in his own house." "Sit ye down, sit ye down, young master," said the farmer, indicating the chair and cooling the outburst with his hand.

"Sit ye down.

Don't ye be hasty.

If ye hadn't been hasty t'other day, we sh'd a been friends yet.