Quotation from: Elsinore

Written by: Jack London

Bert Rhine shrugged his shoulders, and half turned on his heel as if
to depart, as he said quietly:

"Oh, well, if you don't want to talk . . . "

Mr. Pike conceded a point.

"Go on!" he snarled. "Spit the dirt out of your system, Davis; but
remember one thing: you'll pay for this, and you'll pay through the
nose. Go on!"