We will dog you now through life--not by lies or subterfuges, as you say, but openly and honestly.

It is YOU who need to slink and cower, not we.

The prosecutor need not descend to the sordid shifts of the criminal." The other passenger had sidled away quietly the moment he saw our conversation was likely to be private; and I spoke in a low voice, though clearly and impressively, because I did not wish for a scene.
I was only endeavouring to keep alive the slow, smouldering fire of remorse in the man's bosom.

And I saw I had touched him on a spot that hurt.

Sebastian drew himself up and answered nothing.