"God will bless you for that,
Your Honor!" not without stammering
said Billy, and all but broke down.
But immediatly was recalled to
self-control by another question,
to which with increased the same emotional difficulty of
utterance he said "No, there was no
malice between us. I never bore
malice against the Master-at-arms.
I am sorry that he is dead. I did
not mean to kill him. Could I have
used my tongue I would not
have struck him. But he
fouly lied to my face and in
prescence of my Captain, and I
had to say something, and I
"God will bless you for that,
Your Honor!" not without stammering
said Billy, and all but broke down.
But immediatly was recalled to
self-control by another question,
to which with increased the same emotional difficulty of
utterance he said "No, there was no
malice between us. I never bore
malice against the Master-at-arms.
I am sorry that he is dead. I did
not mean to kill him. Could I have
used my tongue I would not
have struck him. But he
fouly lied to my face and in
prescence of my Captain, and I
had to say something, and I
Transcribed by: John Bryant