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`` I 'll tell you what I did n't think , ten minutes ago , I 'd tell any human being , '' said I. `` They 've got me strapped down in the press . At ten o'clock in the morning -- precisely at ten -- they 're going to put on the screws . '' I laughed . `` I guess they 'll have me squeezed pretty dry before noon . '' She shivered . `` So , you see , '' I continued , `` I do n't deserve any credit for giving you up . I only anticipate you by about twenty-four hours .