"Do not wait too long; they will soon be here."
"I have my pony, and they are on foot."
"But they can run fast."
"I will leave in time; but, Starcus, if you are really a friend of mine, you have the chance to prove it by being a friend of Tim; he is a prisoner with your people, and in need of your good offices."
"I cannot help him," was the reply, accompanied by a shake of the head.
"I only ask that you shall do what you can; I am sure you will, whether it results in good to him or not."
"Give yourself no hope of that; it will be hard for me to explain why I was spared by you."
"But that was my own affair; surely they cannot suspect us of any collusion."
"You do not know my people as I do."
"But I am not the first white man that has shown mercy to a helpless foe; they know that as well as you and I."