And if he didn't stand by the bargain I made, and did prohibit slave-dealing, nothing'd stop the tribes till they marched into Cairo.

He's been safe so far, because they believed in him, and because he'd rather die a million deaths than go crooked.

Say, I've been among the Dagos before--down in Mexico--and I'm onto you.

I've been onto you for a good while; though there was nothing I could spot certain; but now I've got you, and I'll break the 'perfect friendship' or I'll eat my shirt.

I'll--" He paused, realising the crisis in which David was moving, and that perils were thick around their footsteps.