ROBERT (appealing)
Mr. Driscoll, if you will, I’ll pay you back. I’ll save till——
DRISCOLL (furiously as the Gunner removes his hand from his mouth to lead him toward the door)
You villain! (This is to Robert.) You think she’s for the likes of you, do you? You knew I meant to wed her to her cousin Jock in Liverpool, and you made love to her on the sly. Don’t look for help from me. You’ve got your deserts, and I’m glad of it. You’ll hang when they catch you, because you’re signed and made into a bloody pirate. Why, blast you——
BIMBO (peremptorily)
He’s profane again. Stop him!
(The Gunner again claps his hand over Driscoll’s mouth.)
DRISCOLL (struggling)
You’re a bloody—bluggy——
(The Gunner shuts him off.)
BIMBO
That’s another oath. You use that word as profanity. Shame! Lock him in his cabin on his own ship and let him swear there; we can’t have it on ours. Come, madam.
LYDIA
No!
ROBERT (held by the two pirates)
Lydia! I shall find a way to throw myself into the sea. (Brokenly.) Think of me—sometimes!
LYDIA (sobbing)
Father, you shan’t abandon him. You don’t know—you don’t know—you don’t know——
BIMBO (sharply)
He doesn’t know what?
LYDIA
It is his own son he abandons.