If Jack had gone back to the house to get Mitchell, George would have come to the cellar completely on his own. No look-out, no one to tell the story or try to stop Herrick if things went wrong. Jack couldn't claim completely pure motives -- he knew his own desire for excitement had gotten mixed up in there -- but he still thought it was the right choice.
Re: The Hospital Cellar, Bristol
If Jack had gone back to the house to get Mitchell, George would have come to the cellar completely on his own. No look-out, no one to tell the story or try to stop Herrick if things went wrong. Jack couldn't claim completely pure motives -- he knew his own desire for excitement had gotten mixed up in there -- but he still thought it was the right choice.
"It's a long story," he told Nina.