There is no question of dying. And if you are ready to judge me and desert me on your first impulse, without caring to understand, it is just as well for me that there is not.
Vera.
Oh! I ought not to judge you! Father, I don't judge you. But make me understand.
Carlyon.
Did you think me right about the poisoning of the well?
Vera.
No, not at first. But I began quickly to see——
Carlyon.
Will you take that as a lesson to show you how to trust me? Vera, I am a man greater than other men. I see my way clearly. I shrink from nothing, and I strike hard. Another man cannot keep pace with me: he cannot criticise me: he must either stand out of my path, or follow me with perfect devotion.