I do believe that if I had not protested that you were the greatest medicine-man in the world, and had come expressly to cure her, she would have had you roasted or ripped up by the man-killer or turned adrift in the desert, or something equally diabolical.

Your fate is in your own hands now.

If you fail to make good your promises, it will be out of my power to help you.

You heard how she treated your predecessor.".