Shall

I undo the harm?’ she said to herself doubtfully. ‘You have friends to take your part. If

you

know his Secret, he will be afraid of you, he won’t dare use you as he used me. He must treat you mercifully for his own sake, if he is afraid of you and your friends. And if he treats you mercifully, and if I can say it was my doing⁠—’ I listened eagerly for more, but she stopped at those words.”

“You tried to make her go on?”