'For the most part youth fails through rashness, but you err by over-caution.

By over-caution in your fence you lost your chance last night, and so by over-caution in hiding this tale from me you have lost a far greater opportunity.

What, have you not seen me give counsel in many such matters, and have you ever known me to betray the confidence even of the veriest stranger?
Why then did you fear for yours ?' 'I do not know,' I answered, 'but I thought that first I would search for myself.' 'Pride goeth before a fall, nephew.

Now listen: had I known this history a month ago, by now de Garcia had perished miserably, and not by your hand, but by that of the law.

I have been acquainted with the man from his childhood, and know enough to hang him twice over did I choose to speak.