“You’d better make up your mind to count him gone, because he’s your weakness, boy. You’re going to flinch when you shouldn’t, because you’re too weak, and the one favor you can do me for the rest of this hike, boy! is to watch the woods around you, look at the leaves, think about the leaves and nothing but leaves, hear me? Or if your friend is alive you’ll destroy every chance we have to do anything for anybody.”