I cannot bear up as the young can bear up.

Why have you come here?
What object have you in torturing me with your presence here ?" "I won't torture you; I shall live quietly." "But why have you come?
You had no right to come." "I had perfect right to live where I pleased.

I had all the world to choose from, and I selected to live at your gates." "You did very wrong.

Wrong! It is unpardonable." "Why so?
What injury am I doing you?
I have promised to be silent; I will be silent for a little.

I won't injure you or yours by word or deed." "You have a story in your head, a false story; you will spread it abroad." "I have a story, but it is not false." "False or true, you will spread it abroad." "No, the story is safe.