Great Regulars: Knowlt now deeply regrets his fateful decision:

"Rather a thousand times the country jail/Than to lie under this marble figure with wings." He reckons he would still be alive if he had gone to jail and concludes that he would prefer serving a thousand jail terms than to be dead.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Edgar Lee Masters' Knowlt Hoheimer and Lydia Puckett

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