I suppose I shall have to manage myself until I find one soul in this city who proves themselves adequate for me to propose a Bond. I certainly cannot trust a stranger immediately to enter into such vows. It would be a preposterous leap of faith. I must know their character, must know their trustworthiness, and to know that they would be willing to feel the heat of the flames of hell from what I do, without a sign of shirking.

[when he feels like he can entrust his name to them, then he'll know.]