`` Then , '' said Dick , `` ye shall die unshriven . Here am I , and here shall stay . There shall no priest come near you , rest assured . For of what avail is penitence , an ye have no mind to right those wrongs ye had a hand in ? and without penitence , confession is but mockery . '' `` Ye say what ye mean not , Master Dick , '' said Carter , composedly . `` It is ill threatening the dying , and becometh you -LRB- to speak truth -RRB- little . And for as little as it commends you , it shall serve you less . Stay , an ye please . Ye will condemn my soul -- ye shall learn nothing ! There is my last word to you . '' And the wounded man turned upon the other side . Now , Dick , to say truth , had spoken hastily , and was ashamed of his threat . But he made one more effort . `` Carter , '' he said , `` mistake me not . I know ye were but an instrument in the hands of others ; a churl must obey his lord ; I would not bear heavily on such an one . But I begin to learn upon many sides that this great duty lieth on my youth and ignorance , to avenge my father . Prithee , then , good Carter , set aside the memory of my threatenings , and in pure goodwill and honest penitence give me a word of help . '' The wounded man lay silent ; nor , say what Dick pleased , could he extract another word from him . `` Well , '' said Dick , `` I will go call the priest to you as ye desired ; for howsoever ye be in fault to me or mine , I would not be willingly in fault to any , least of all to one upon the last change . ''
Again the old soldier heard him without speech or motion ; even his groans he had suppressed ; and as Dick XXXXX and left the room , he was filled with admiration for that rugged fortitude .
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