You see I am collected.

My resolution is taken.

Now, my good friend, speak out; for the time for any palliation or concealment is past, and nothing will avail Ralph Nickleby now.' 'Your dress is torn in several places; you walk lame, and I am sure you are suffering pain,' said Newman.

'Let me see to your hurts first.' 'I have no hurts to see to, beyond a little soreness and stiffness that will soon pass off,' said Nicholas, seating himself with some difficulty.

'But if I had fractured every limb, and still preserved my senses, you should not bandage one till you had told me what I have the right to know.