“I see it all clearly enough now,” continued Frank excitedly, and without heeding; “they are Jacobites.”
“Not the only ones in London, if they are.”
“And ‘Across the water’ means that man—the Pretender.”
“Hush! Don’t call people names,” said Andrew, in a warning whisper. “You never know who is next you in the street.”
“I don’t care who hears me. It is the truth.”
“Don’t you be peppery now. Why, you were all amiability till we came away.”
“Because I could not think that there was anything in it. I could not believe you would play me such a trick.”
“All things are fair in love and war,” said Andrew.
“It is a base piece of deception, and I’ll never trust you again.”
“Oh yes, you will, always. You’ll like them more and more every time you go.”