I understand thee perfectly, answered I ----If thou takest a wrong step in this affair, he will cudgel thee to death ----Well! a minute is but a minute, and if it saves a fellow-creature a drubbing, it shall not be set down as ill spent.

'I understand thee perfectly,' answered I. 'If thou takest a wrong step, he will cudgel thee to death. - Well! a minute is but a minute, and if it saves a fellow-creature a beating, it is not ill spent.'
