Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Listen to me, little wife. The Roberts family ain't on the
cheap. Never forget that. You've gotta have the baby. That's your
business, an' it's enough for you. My business is to get the
money an' take care of you. An' the best ain't none too good for
you. Why, I wouldn't run the chance of the teeniest accident
happenin' to you for a million dollars. It's you that counts. An'
dollars is dirt. Maybe you think I like that kid some. I do. Why,
I can't get him outa my head. I'm thinkin' about'm all day long.
If I get fired, it'll be his fault. I'm clean dotty over him. But
just the same, Saxon, honest to God, before I'd have anything
happen to you, break your little finger, even, I'd see him dead
an' buried first. That'll give you something of an idea what you
mean to me.