"If you and I keep our own counsel, we are safe.

The testimony of a condemned criminal goes for nothing.

People may surmise and talk as much as they please, but no one knows anything about those notes but you and I and George." "A pardon from the governor may put a new aspect on the case." "A pardon!" There was a tremor of alarm in Mrs.Dinneford's voice.
"Yes; that, no doubt, will be the first move." "The first move! Why, Mr.Freeling, you don't think anything like this is in contemplation ?" "I'm afraid so.

George, as I have said, is no more crazy than you or I.
But he cannot come out of the asylum, as the case now stands, without going to the penitentiary.

So the first move of his friends will be to get a pardon.