or so, and that presumably we would go
to Boston or some other city, where he should have everything that
money could buy. But he leered at me and said he had plenty of
promises already; that we had promised him that he would get into
no trouble if he signed his original affidavit, and that, unless
he were treated like a gentleman, he would go back to New York and
get other lawyers. He must have seen me turn white at his threat,
for from that moment he held it over me, constantly repeating it
and insinuating that I was not so anxious to save him as to save
myself, which, alas! I could not gainsay.

Soon we came to a small town and here Hawkins flatly refused to go
any farther. There was a hotel on the main street, and the fellow
clambered out of the buggy and staggered into the bar and called
loudly for whiskey. There was nothing for it but to put up the
horse in the stable and do as my prisoner demanded. So we had
dinner together, Hawkins talking in a loud, thick voice that made
the waitresses and other guests stare at him and me as if we were
some sort of outlandish folk; and after the meal was over he dragged
me to the nearest clothier and ordered new ready-made suits for
both of us. He had now imbibed much more than was good for him;
and when I took out my roll of bills to pay for what we had bought
he snatched it out of my hand and refused to give it back. For a
moment I almost surrendered myself to despair. I had had no sleep
for two nights, I was overwhelmed with mortification and disgust,
and here I was in a country store pranked out like a popinjay, the
keeper of a half-crazy wretch who made me dance to any tune he
chose to pipe; but I pulled myself together and cajoled Hawkins
into leaving the place and giving me back a small part of the money.

There was a train just leaving for Boston and my companion insisted
upon taking it, saying that he proposed to spend the money that
Dillingham had so kindly furnished him with. I never knew how he
discovered the part Dillingham was playing in this strange drama;
but if no one told him, he at any rate divined it somehow, and from
this moment he assumed the lead and directed all our movements.
It is true that I persuaded him to go to one of the smaller and
less conspicuous hotels, but he at once sent for another tailor,
ordered an elaborate meal for supper, with champagne, and procured
a box at one of the theatres, whither I was obliged to escort him.
Neithe