Wait, listen: I--I've got to tell you that--that I'm not fit for it.

I've got to be honest with you; I am not fit, not in physical condition to go out just yet.
I've really been ill--for weeks.

Plank has been very nice to me.

I want to get well; I mean to try very hard.

But the man you knew--is--changed." "Changed ?" "Not in that way!" he said in a slow voice.
"H-how, then ?" she stammered, all a-thrill.
"Nerve gone--almost.