The farmer followed him with his eyes, and when he saw that he had cleared the wood and was no longer in sight, he turned to his boy Andres, and said, "Come here, my son, I want to pay you what I
owe you, as that undoer of wrongs has commanded me.
Jeddak of Helium," returned Tars Tarkas, "it has remained for a man of another world to teach the green warriors of Barsoom the meaning of friendship; to him we
owe the fact that the hordes of Thark can understand you; that they can appreciate and reciprocate the sentiments so graciously expressed.
I said they would skin me," thought Danglars; but resolving to resist the extortion, he said, "Come, how much do I
owe you for this fowl?
The explanation of your conduct in the other room is only one of the explanations which you
owe me.
Then if a man says that justice consists in the repayment of debts, and that good is the debt which a man
owes to his friends, and evil the debt which he
owes to his enemies,--to say this is not wise; for it is not true, if, as has been clearly shown, the injuring of another can be in no case just.
I do assure you that you
owe it entirely, at least almost entirely, to your own merit, and Colonel Brandon's discernment of it.
Sire, I
owe you much, but I think I acquit myself of all towards you in giving you M.
than those which your April greensward gives your cows to browse upon; while I, a poet, am hooted, and shiver, and
owe twelve sous, and the soles of my shoes are so transparent, that they might serve as glasses for your lantern
Yes, my dear Monsieur Pierre, I
owe you a fine votive candle for saving me from that maniac.
I feel that I
owe you my life," replied the girl in a quiet voice, "and while I am now positive that my father has entirely regained his sanity, and looks with as great abhorrence upon the terrible fate he planned for me as I myself, I cannot forget the debt of gratitude which belongs to you.
I cannot
owe you more, for I
owe you everything already.
As soon as they were well away, the Fox departed without taking any notice of the Woodcutter: whereon he called to him and reproached him, saying, "You ungrateful fellow, you
owe your life to me, and yet you leave me without a word of thanks.
