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 "Then you may give it to me."

"Not with these men here. They've made up their minds. We're guilty. That's all they can see."

"I can send them out," Calvin suggested.

"Can you come out, alone, with me?"

"What do you mean?"

"What I say. Are you afraid of me? Or that I'll get away? I'll go handcuffed to you, if you'd rather. Or you can have your policemen around, but not with us. Then I can show it all to you. I can tell you the truth. Only let's leave here; let's get away from them. Let me speak alone to you!"