The Inspector and Cameron would have ridden into the Piegan camp, and, demanding their man, would have quietly and without even a show of violence carried him off.

It would have been like things they had each of them done single-handed within the past year.
"When once we make a start, you see, Mrs.Cameron, we never turn back.
We could not afford to," said the Inspector.

There was no suspicion of boasting in the Inspector's voice.

He was simply enunciating the traditional code of the Police.

"And if we should hesitate with this man or fail to land him every Indian in these territories would have it within a week and our prestige would receive a shock.