But if you've got any sense you'll not give these people out here a hunch against me.

I might hurt somebody....

An' wouldn't it be better--to act friends?
For I'm goin' to look after you, whether you like it or not." Helen had considered this man an annoyance, and later a menace, and now she must declare open enmity with him.

However disgusting the idea that he considered himself a factor in her new life, it was the truth.

He existed, he had control over his movements.