`` Nay , ye know well , '' returned Dick . `` Seek not to put me by . '' `` I tell you I know not , '' repeated Carter . `` Then , '' said Dick , `` ye shall die unshriven . Here am I , and here shall stay . There shall no priest come near you , rest assured . For of what avail is penitence , an ye have no mind to right those wrongs ye had a hand in ? and without penitence , confession is but mockery . '' `` Ye say what ye mean not , Master Dick , '' said Carter , composedly . `` It is ill threatening the dying , and becometh you -LRB- to speak truth -RRB- little . And for as little as it commends you , it shall serve you less . Stay , an ye please . Ye will condemn my soul -- ye shall learn nothing ! There is my last word to you . '' And the wounded man turned upon the other side . Now , Dick , to say truth , had spoken hastily , and was ashamed of his threat . But he made one more effort . `` Carter , '' he said , `` mistake me not . I know ye were but an instrument in the hands of others ; a churl must obey his lord ; I would not bear heavily on such an one . But I begin to learn upon many sides that this great duty lieth on my youth and ignorance , to avenge my father .
Prithee , then , good XXXXX , set aside the memory of my threatenings , and in pure goodwill and honest penitence give me a word of help . ''
Carter Dick Stay churl confession duty lieth penitence rest right