“Work upon his feelings, and I will try and do the same.”
“He fears the risk of the escape, and also what may happen to him when he gets back to England. He has been a buccaneer, and, he tells me, a soldier. He will be charged with desertion.”
“I will answer for his safety,” said Humphrey, hastily. And then running to the curtain he made sure that Bart was not listening.
“Be cautious,” he said, as he went back and began to pace up and down, with his eyes fixed upon the ground. “Tell me, could we get a boat?”
“I don’t know, sir; I think so. Would it not be better to take to the forest?”
“That we must consider. First of all, Dinny must be won over.”
“I will try.”
“How could I communicate with you?”
“You could not, sir. I came to-day to warn Dinny to be cautious, for Mazzard suspects something. He has gone to the men’s place, or I could not be here.”
“But you can come sometimes and speak to me. You will be able to know whether anyone is here.”