If the man had come to mock me, he would get no change out of David Crawfurd.
'Tut, tut, don't be sulky.

You have no quarrel with me.

Between ourselves,' and he dropped his voice, 'I tried to save you; but you had seen rather too much to be safe.

What devil prompted you to steal a horse and go to the cave?
I don't blame you for overhearing us; but if you had had the sense of a louse you would have gone off to the Berg with your news.

By the way, how did you manage it?
A cellar, I suppose.