How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Help me boy," said Papa. "It's time."
He put his tools on the ground, keeping only a three-foot crowbar. Neither one of us wore gloves, and I knew how cold that crowbar felt. I'd carried it, and it was colder than death.
"Back away," he said.
"Papa," I said, "I don't think I can."
"That ain't the issue, Rob. We have to." (14.16-20)
Here we get a look at a critical moment in the book. It's time to take out Pinky, and Rob says he just can't do it. Papa reminds him, though, that when duty calls, "can't" just isn't an option.