They are not always to be trusted.

Do take my advice now, and be careful of yourself.' With these words he turned to the glass again, and went on with his toilet.
Hugh would have answered him that he, the questioner himself had set him on, but the words stuck in his throat.

The consummate art with which his patron had led him to this point, and managed the whole conversation, perfectly baffled him.

He did not doubt that if he had made the retort which was on his lips when Mr Chester turned round and questioned him so keenly, he would straightway have given him into custody and had him dragged before a justice with the stolen property upon him; in which case it was as certain he would have been hung as it was that he had been born.

The ascendency which it was the purpose of the man of the world to establish over this savage instrument, was gained from that time.