For a very long time he trusted no one and saw conspiracies everywhere he looked.

They saw dark conspiracies and the working of the mob.

Or perhaps he was seeing conspiracies where they didn't exist, he sighed.

"You're the one who sees plots and conspiracies in shadows, Father."

Makes them see conspiracies in simple mistakes or honest concern?

Is it because you see conspiracies at every turn?

You are beginning to see conspiracies where none exist.

Paranoid and nervous, the narrator begins to see conspiracies all around him.

She really was beginning to see conspiracies everywhere and suspicions in everything.

He sees conspiracies everywhere, so why not give him one?