Hmph. Fine, it was reckless. I wanted him dead, more than anything in the world, and I would have tried it if there weren't three people in the room who weren't okay with betting their lives on that fight.

As for the Manor, I had no way of knowing what Childermass was up to. Lambert created an obvious distraction, so some of us took the opportunity to go after the Rose. At that point, there was no walking out of there peacefully for anyone. I couldn't just wait around and hope that someone else had a plan.