" Dan — Whistling Dan,” he said, “I’m seeing you a long, long ways off. Partner, I’m done for.”

The whole body of Dan stiffened.

“Done? Tex, you can’t be! Five minutes ago you sat at that there table, smilin’ an’ talkin’!”

“It doesn’t take five minutes. Half a second can take a man all the way to hell! "

― Max Brand , The Untamed (Dan Barry, #1)