"I saw her but half an hour then, and she slipped away before I could talk with her."
"You should have fixed her. That was the bargain, you know."
"I know, but——"
"I'll forgive you this time, but there must be no failure the next time she comes. You know the tenth step?"
"I know it."
"See that she finds it. No blood, no money, Danny."
"I'll obey."
Old Broadbrim heard this conversation while he leaned against the door of the house, and then he withdrew.
He believed that Merle would soon come out again, but he waited in vain.