I can't say as I can remember clearly. That day—I must ha' been off my head—but the truth is I just can't get it straight how it did happen.
FLAMM
The bookbinder is known to be a very peaceable man.
STRECKMANN
An' yet he's always quarrelin' with me! But the thing's just gone from me.—All I know is that they fell on me just like hungry wolves! I thought they was tryin' to kill me right there! If I hadn't been thinkin' that, my hand wouldn't ha' slipped the way it did.
FLAMM
And the man's eye couldn't—be saved?
STRECKMANN
No, an' it makes a feller feel sorry. But … there's nothin' to be done.
The misfortune isn't on my conscience.