I determined that he should not do it.

I felt that mine was the blame that he was here to molest them.

'Tamper with them,' I said, 'show once more by word or look that you know anything of them, and I'll hand you over as a traitor to the nearest sheriff.'" "Why didn't you do it anyhow, why didn't you ?" said Sim eagerly.
"That would have been unwise.

He now hated me for defeating his designs.
"You had saved his life." "He hated me none the less for that.

There was only one way now to serve either the Garths or myself, and that was to keep the man in hand.