"At once?"
"No, we will let him feel secure for a time, and the blow will be all the greater when it falls. But—"
"What?"
"Are you to be depended on?"
"To be depended on? I do not understand you, sir."
"Call me Dick. I mean, will you hold out to the end, when it comes to the test?"
"Will I hold out—"
"Perhaps your love will rekindle, and you will balk my revenge when it comes to the hour—"
"No, no, a thousand times no! My hate is even more intense than was my love. No, no, I will not falter; I am now yours, if you will let me be yours, and our purpose is one."
"It is a bargain," said Dick. "Here is my hand, little pard."