He took her wrists and held them furiously. He said, "You can't get out of it that way. I believe, I tell you. I believe that I'm damned for all eternity - unless a miracle happens. I'm a policeman. I know what I'm saying. What I've done is far worse than murder - that's an act, a blow, stab, a shot: It's over and done, but I'm carrying my corruption around with me. It's the coating of my stomach."
-Scobie, explaining his damnation to Helen
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