He must never go free again.
He must die." This was from Spantz.
"We cannot release him, I grant you," she said, and Truxton's heart sank.

"Not now, but afterward, yes.

When it is all over he can do no harm.

But, hear me now, all of you.

If he is harmed in any way, if he is maltreated, or if you pursue this design to starve him, I shall not perform my part of the work on the 26th.