He repeated, in stronger terms, the necessity there was for caution.

He was far from suspecting me to possess an impertinent and talkative disposition, or that, in my eagerness to expatiate on my own concerns, I should overstep the limits of politeness.

But this was not enough.

I was to govern myself by a persuasion that the interests of my friend and myself would be materially affected by my conduct.
Perhaps I ought to have allowed these insinuations to breed suspicion in my mind; but, conscious as I was of the benefits which I had received from this man; prone, from my inexperience, to rely upon professions and confide in appearances; and unaware that I could be placed in any condition in which mere silence respecting myself could be injurious or criminal, I made no scruple to promise compliance with his wishes.

Nay, I went further than this; I desired to be accurately informed as to what it was proper to conceal.