"I must say I'm afraid he's going wrong altogether," he would say.

"I'll tell you plainly, and between ourselves, I scarcely like to stay there any longer; only, man, I'm positively afraid to leave him alone.

You'll see, I shall be blamed for it later on.

I'm staying at a great sacrifice.

I'm hindering my chances at the Bar, and I can't blind my eyes to it.