Date: 1897
So long as they only treated me to extra guards, C.B.  cells, even, I stuck it out ; but when it came to personal abuse from the corporal-major— my witnesses will tell you of what sort— well, sir, I am a machine , I know, but still a man ; and I consider I was perfectly justified in cramming his foul words back into the fellow's throat. "  Sir, I did so, and this is my crime.