BLACKMORE
That I'd killed him. I've never wished anything so much in my life—if wishes were anything.
MRS. HOLROYD
Don't, it does sound awful.
BLACKMORE
I could have done it, too. He ought to be dead.
MRS. HOLROYD (pleading)
No, don't! You know you don't mean it, and you make me feel so awful.
BLACKMORE
I do mean it. It is simply true, what I say.