You are asking us to lie, Colonel?""I am asking you to omit. Surely, amidst the...the infinite gradations of human venality, that particular sin ranks low." The old man kneaded the folds of his throat. "What happened out there belongs out there. The jungle has it; let the jungle keep it... Louis Bayard
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  1. Well, as to that, all I'll say is, you can't take out a fellow's heart before he's ready to give it up.

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