"Why should I, when I believe the bite innocuous as a cut of this penknife? Make yourself easy. _I_ am easy, though I value your life as much as I do my own chance of happiness in eternity. Look up."
"Why, Mr. Moore?"
"I wish to see if you are cheered. Put your work down; raise your head."
"There----"

"Make yourself easy. I am easy, though I value your life as much as I do my own soul. Look up - I wish to see if you are cheered. Put your work down; raise your head. 