"Not crazy enough to pay the penalty of your mistakes with my life!"
There was a threat in the tones of the detective.
"What do you demand?"
"Your word of honor."
"To bind a promise?"
"Yes."
"What shall I promise?"
"That I shall meet my accuser face to face on this deck; let us decide who is the spy and the traitor!"
"That wouldn't do, Ballard, and I am wasting time. Your chances are easy enough. All I ask is that you become one of us. Refuse, and I will be compelled to pass you over to the crew."
"And what will they do?"