If I prospered, he prospered.

If I crashed to ruin, he might creep out like a ferret.

I am convinced that he so reasoned, and yet it did not save him in the end, as you shall see.
"Stand by me," I told Kim, "and whatsoever you wish shall be yours.

Have you a wish ?" "I would command the Tiger Hunters of Pyeng-Yang, and so command the palace guards," he answered.
"Wait," said I, "and that will you do.

I have said it." The how of the matter was beyond me.