“They won't go free, don't you fear. We'll get 'em.
Get SOMEBODY, anyhow. Much better hang wrong fellow than no fellow,' he added, unconsciously quoting. ”
“No one among the Europeans genuinely mourned for him. But that is not to say that they were not angry. On the contrary, for the moment they were almost mad with rage. For the unforgivable had happened--a white man had been killed."
“For in all this there was not a spark of love for him. If she wept and grovelled it was only for the position she had once had as his mistress, the idle life, the rich clothes and dominion over servants.”
"Like the crocodile, U Po Kyin had struck at the weakest spot. For, needless to say, this scene was U Po Kyin's doing. He had seen his chance, as usual, and tutored Ma Hla May for her part
with considerable care.”
“Ah, well, I could stop them if I chose, of course. But then I do not choose. I have my reasons. You see, Kin-Kin, you will please keep silence about this. This is, so to speak, my own rebellion. I arranged it myself.”