“ Strength, God gave me, and symmetry and endurance and patience. My venom is more virulent than a cobra’s. My coils are more terrible than a python’s. I can slay with a single bite. I can kill with a single squeeze. And when I squeeze and bite at the same time death comes galloping, I tell you. Heh, heh, heh! But look at you! You even have to hang rags on yourself to protect your weak skin. You have to hang things in front of your eyes in order to see. (laughs) ”

“ Besides, she is beautiful. You said so yourself. I will take her to the sea and free her there. Do you suppose she will wave her hand at me when she gets out into the tide? Do you suppose she will smile at me as she swims away? ”