"I know you beyond all doubt for pirate and buccaneer—"
"All past and done, Martin."
"I know you planned from the first to seize the 'Faithful Friend.'"
"Aye, but where's your proof—the 'Faithful Friend' is blown up—"
"And by your hand, like as not."
"True again, so it was, Martin, and thereby did I outwit Tressady and saved the lives of my own people."
"You have been at great pains to befool me to your evil ends."
"At no pains, Martin, 'twas purely simple matter!"
"You have been the death of divers men on this island."
"But always in fair fight!" says he, glancing at me in his furtive fashion. "'Twas them or me, comrade, and black rogues all."