“It's taking advantage of you—of your position.”
“But I offer it—I beg of you to do it.”
“I will not do it.”
“You absolutely refuse?”
“Yes, Miss Marston.”
“Then I shall leave you to your own fate, Captain Mayo. You don't expect me to go to my father with the story, do you?”
“Certainly not'.”
“I shall go ahead now and protect myself the best I can. I am sure that Captain Downs will keep my secret. I shall forget that I ever sailed on that schooner. I suppose you will black yourself up and run away again!”
“I am going to New York.”
“To be put in jail?”