You said yesterday distinctly, and so far I could judge sincerely, that you wished Simpkins was dead.

Now you pretend that it's a shock to you to hear that he's going to be killed.
That's what I call vacillation, and you ought to be ashamed of it." Major Kent sighed heavily.
"There's no use my talking," he said, "but you'll get yourself into trouble some day with these jokes of yours." "Major," said Meldon, "I've absolutely no patience with you.

You're back again at that joke theory of yours, after I've spent half the evening explaining to you that this isn't a joking matter at all.

I must decline to discuss the matter any further.

We'll talk of something else.