How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"I killed him," Torrens answered flatly. "I have not forgiven myself for that. My occupation is to save life, not take it. But he would have taken mine. Unfortunately for him, I know the vulnerabilities of the human body better than he did. He was not a sailor, by the way. Cabbarus had sent him. For you see, I too am under sentence of death." (14.44)
Even Dr. Torrens is getting in on the action. He was between a rock and a hard place (literally, an assassin), so he did what he had to do. The good doc would probably never have killed, but the circumstances around him swept him up and made him make an impossible decision.