when he got the confirmation needed from James he released him letting James hit the ground.  he looked at Elizabeth "dont look at me like that its my job" he says to her "i wasn't going to kill him, im not the monster my father is but i she is my responsiblity" he said.  he looked at James and Kali.  "Father will not know about that incident at all" he says "his punishment will be far worse then what i did" he says

Kali just nodded in agreement.  She knew that her father would lock her up and beat and torture her until she was within an inch of dying.  She knew that he would kill james in front of her to show a point.  

he looked at ELizabeth "i wont apologize for that scene or what i did" he says to her "i do aplogize that i will not be able to take you to town tomorrow like i had planned" he says "and that my time will be limited with you" he told her.