"Which is no more Chilian than you are an honest man."
"Pardon me, Señor! I am honest on occasion, and I will deliver you up the ship if I may still retain my post aboard."
"It strikes me, man, that it is you who are making conditions."
But the Englishman, who realised all the danger of his situation, had not used an angry tone. The bold and merry rogue accordingly proceeded.
"¡Caramba! What is there strange in that? I save your life; you safeguard my neck! Besides, on land, here, I am not afraid of our judges; but on the sea, if the American naval officers catch us, I have always counted it as certain that I should hang!"
"I am with you there!"
"Let me go with you, there, Señor! I will not only pilot you to the town, but do so on the cutter, and take you to the pearl store, surely, steadfastly, under your honour's direction!"
"Your cool impudence is much to my taste. See, day is peeping. Lead on! And if we reach the town without having to burn powder or take the edge off a knife, you have excellent hopes of being my lieutenant on the cocky little craft."
"She's a beauty! But, silence! They come, and will tread on poor Ricardo; so, away!"