"You will admit I have brought you here, then ?" he said.

"Ah, my friend, it is dangerous to fight with a man when you don't know his weapons." "I want to know what this means ?" I said haughtily.
"Not so fast," he sneered.

"Come down from that high horse and let's talk quietly.

Yes, I've no doubt you would have enjoyed a ride with a certain lady better than the lonely walk you have had; but, then, you know the old adage, 'Needs must when the devil drives.'" "And so you've admitted your identity!" I said.

"Well, I don't want your society; say what you want to say, or I'm going back." "Yes," he said, revealing his white teeth, "I am going to say what I want to say, and you are not going back until you have heard it, and, more than that, promised to accede to it." Again I felt a cold shiver creep over me, but I put on a bold face, and said, "It always takes two to play at any game." "Yes it does, Mr.Blake, and that you'll find out.