I made no reply. Had Mr. Norton been a different kind of a man I might have been satisfied with his plan, but I could not bring myself to trust him.
“Did you hear what I said?” he demanded.
“I did, sir.”
“And agree to it?”
“No, sir; I am going to see Squire Slocum about the matter.”
“You will gain nothing by it.”
“I shall be better satisfied.”
“Do you mean to say that you don’t trust me?”
To this I made no reply.