“That’s right enough, sir. So you say I must let him out?”
“Of course.”
“Well, don’t you think I ought to have my chance to get away?”
“Certainly.”
“Very well, then, sir, you must wait a bit. You know what it’ll be if he’s let out now.”
“No, I don’t.”
“Very well, then, I’ll tell you, sir. He’ll forget all about being treated well and all that sort o’ thing, and go and get help to try and catch me. Then he’ll come directly upon the party who’ve been hunting me, and I shall be took at once.”
“Then you must have a few hours to escape, and then I will set him free.”
“I must have two or three days, or I shall be taken again. But you wait a bit; he can’t be set loose yet. Come and see him now if you like, or would you rather stay away?”
“I’d rather go to him, poor fellow; he must be in a horrible state.”