But he leered at me and said he had plenty of promises already; that we had promised him that he would get into no trouble if he signed his original affidavit, and that, unless he were treated like a gentleman, he would go back to New York and get other lawyers.

He must have seen me turn white at his threat, for from that moment he held it over me, constantly repeating it and insinuating that I was not so anxious to save him as to save myself, which, alas! I could not gainsay.
Soon we came to a small town and here Hawkins flatly refused to go any farther.

There was a hotel on the main street, and the fellow clambered out of the buggy and staggered into the bar and called loudly for whiskey.

There was nothing for it but to put up the horse in the stable and do as my prisoner demanded.

So we had dinner together, Hawkins talking in a loud, thick voice that made the waitresses and other guests stare at him and me as if we were some sort of outlandish folk; and after the meal was over he dragged me to the nearest clothier and ordered new ready-made suits for both of us.