Why, Wilson, that sweetness, softness, gentleness about him, the heart that makes him love us, that must be only the woman in him.

I don't know what a mother would feel like, but I do know that I seem strangely happier since I've confessed my troubles to this man.

It was Lem who told me how Ben offered to be a friend to Jack.

And Jack flouted him.

I've a queer notion that the moment Jack did this he turned his back on a better life.
"To repeat, then, Ben Wade is our friend, and to me something more that I've tried to explain.