"So help me God! man alive--if I think not I'm doing best for thee, and for all on us. If I'm going wrong when I think I'm going right, it's their sin, who ha' left me where I am, in my ignorance. I ha' thought till my brains ached,--Beli' me, John, I have. An' I say again, there's no help for us but having faith i' th' Union. They'll win the day, see if they dunnot!"

'So help me God!' said Nicholas, 'I think I'm doing best for thee. If I'm going wrong when I think I'm going right, it's their sin, who ha' left me in ignorance. I ha' thought till my brains ached. An' I say again, there's no help for us but having faith i' th' Union. They'll win the day, see if they dunnot!'
