I've got Tarboe on my side.

He's a member of Barouche's party, but he's coming with me." "Did he tell you so ?" she asked with apparent interest.
"I've had a letter from him, and in it he says he is with me 'to the knife!' That's good.

Tarboe has a big hold on rivermen, and he may carry with him some of the opposition.

It was a good letter--if puzzling." "How, puzzling ?" "He said in one part of it: 'When you come back here to play your part you'll make it a success, the whole blessed thing.' I've no idea what he meant by that.

I don't think he wants me as a partner, and I'll give him no chance of it.