An' why not ?" "He said he'd rather I kept him.

He was about to engage in a dirty, blood-spilling deal, an' he reckoned he'd not be able to care for a fine horse....

I didn't want Spades.

I tried to make Isbel take him.
But he rode off....

And that's all there is to that." "Maybe it's not," replied Jorth, chewing his mustache and eying Ellen with dark, intent gaze.