"God forbid as I, that ha 'known, and had'n experience o' these men aw my life-I, that ha 'ett'n an' droonken wi ''em, an' seet'n wi ''em, and toil'n wi' 'em, and lov'n 'em, should fail fur to stan by 'em wi 'the truth, let 'em ha' doon to me what they may! '"