“Near Pilgrim’s Rest,” replied Harry.
“To lure us on the rocks—rob and plunder us.”
“They know that you have in your hold fifty large cases, filled with silver bars, and ten boxes of gold.”
“Thanks for the news.”
“You will be prepared for them.”
“What do you take me for? A wooden figure in a joss house?” asked the captain, laughing.
“Not exactly. You don’t look like it.”
“Now I have to tell you something,” said Nares, “which will astonish you as much as you have surprised me.”
“My eyes are open and my ears too.”
“Young Jack Harkaway’s enemy, Hunston, is a passenger on board this ship.”