"And you also have scruples against giving him a chance to kill you," Dick went on mercilessly. "You believe in a police force for preserving order in a community, do you?"
"Y-yes, sir."
"If you found a burglar in your home, and had an opportunity, you would send for a policeman?"
"Yes, sir," Ellis admitted.
"Even though you knew the policeman might find it necessary to kill the burglar in attempting to arrest him?" Prescott quizzed.
"Yes, sir."
"Then, while you presumably would not kill a burglar yourself you would not object to calling a policeman who might do it?"
Private Ellis began to suspect the trap into which he was falling.
"I could not bear to kill the burglar myself, sir," he replied.
"And you would not want the burglar to kill you, so you would summon a policeman to do whatever killing might be necessary. In that case, are you a moral objector to killing, or are you merely a coward who relies on another to do the killing for you?"