He had fallen on the knife, which had penetrated to the haft, killing him instantly.
"I didn't mean to kill you," Charlie said aloud, "much as you deserve it, and surely as you would have killed me, if I had refused to act as a traitor.

I would have broken your head for you, but that was all.

However, it is as well as it is.

It adds to my chance of getting away, and I have no doubt there will be many who will rejoice when you are found to be missing.
"Now," he went on, "as your agents emptied my pockets, it is no robbery to empty yours.

Money will be useful, and so will your horse." He stooped over the dead man, and took the purse from his girdle, when suddenly there was a rush of feet, and in a moment he was seized.