Isaid, listen, before i'd pay i'd go to hades and rot away! the word choice in the line "i'd go to hades" implies that the speaker

Hello there!

I think the speaker may be refering to Hades the leader of the underworld, in greek mythology. Perhaps, this book (excerpt), is refering to dying.

Hope this helps!

~DrLex

This implies that the speaker is talking about going to the under world.

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