But no one ever came forward for the reward.

There was a price on my head when it was known that I had fled." Grumbach stared into his pipe without seeing anything.
"And no one ever came for the reward?
That is strange.

Was immunity promised ?" asked Carmichael.
"It was inferred, but not literally promised." "Fear kept them away." "Perhaps.

And there is Arnsberg." "Was he guilty ?" "I never saw _his_ hand anywhere." "So this is the story! Well, when a man's in love he is, more or less, in the clutch of temporary insanity." Carmichael's tone wasn't exactly cheery.
"Insanity! Then you do not judge me harshly ?" "No, Hans.

I've a wild streak in me also.