"I'd never come back for any of them!" "They are my friends!" "I've been miserable ever since.

I have felt like a cur as I've sneaked round town.

You needn't try to stop me! You are the truest friend I ever had, and I've treated you like a dog.

I know it, and I'm sorry for it." "I am your friend, Bart, because I understand you, and appreciate you.
The others would think as much of you as I do, if they understood you as well.

We'll not talk any more about this matter, if you're willing, but just turn in for the night and say nothing about it." "How can you overlook a thing like that ?" Hodge asked.
"Because I knew all the time that your better nature condemned what you did, and that you would by and by yield to your better nature.