RUTH. Lord of the Valley. Master of their lives. Guy, Guy, what will you do with them?
GUY. Break them.
RUTH. Your father would be merciful.
GUY. Old men grow soft with age.
RUTH. Have you not broken them enough? Have they not starved for you till desperation made them turn and do the deed they did to-night?
GUY. They did the deed. They turned. Therefore they are not broken, Ruth. But, by the Lord, they're going to be. I'll have them meek. I'll crush their spirits till their children's children rue the day their fathers tried to thwart Guy Barlow.
RUTH. Yes. You can do it. You've the strength.
GUY. And the power. The dogs don't know their master yet.
RUTH. You can do it, Guy. But will you?
GUY. Will I?