"No more than Adam; what do I care who he is? hospitality is one of those things which cannot be refused."
"That is true, but I recognized the man."
"Ah, ah, and who is he then?"
"Nothing less than a Spanish spy, brother."
"My God!" the captain said, stopping dead short.
"What is the matter with you now?"
"Nothing, nothing, except that I will go and blow out his brains, unless you have done so already."
"Pray, do nothing of the sort; this man, I feel convinced, brother, will prove very useful to us."
"Nonsense, how so?"
"Leave me to act; if we manage properly, we may draw profit even from a Spanish spy; in the meanwhile, I have had him taken on board the lugger by your engagé, and a man of my own, where he will be watched so that he cannot part company."