“Not go alone! Why! What do you mean? Are you afraid?”
“No, sir. But if this fellow should, and somehow I think he can, say something to exculpate me, what
good would his statement, or perhaps admission, be to me without witnesses? I should be just where I was before.”
“You are right. You should have witnesses. Whom do you want?”
“Ambrose and Jack and Rob Jones, if you like, sir.”
“No; two are enough. I will send Bracebridge and Beecham to you at once.”