"Were you?"

"Wasn't I fishing with you?"

"You did not do any thing about stopping the horse."

"I would, if I hadn't been afraid to go up to the road."

"Afraid?"

"Somebody might have seen me, and they would have known that I was
hooking jack."

"Then you ought not to share the money."

"Yes, I had. When a fellow is with you, he ought to have half. It is
mean not to give him half."

"If you had done any thing to help stop the horse, I would have shared
with you. But you didn't."

"What of that?"

Bobby was particularly sensitive in regard to the charge of meanness.
His soul was a great deal bigger than his body, and he was always
generous, even to his own injury, among his companions. It was evident
to him that Tom had no claim to any part of the reward; but he could
not endure the thought even of being accused of meanness.

"I'll tell you what I will do, if you think I ought to share with you.