“You are a villain, Captain Jack!”
“Lor’ bless you! Didn’t you know it before? I’m called that name every day—I’m quite used to it now.”
“Tell the truth, Captain Jack—What did you come here for?”
“Have you any money?—answer me that first.”
“Not a penny piece.”
“Then you will as surely die as eggs are eggs, that’s all.”
“What do you mean?”
“Couldn’t you manage to get some money, by fair means or foul?”
“Why?”
“Oh, nothing; but it’s possible you might only be transported if you could raise a thousand pounds to pay lawyers to defend you, and—ah—”