"I—don't know—I——"
"Come along; you shall have a warm welcome on board the Lively Bee."
"Is that schooner the famed privateer?"
"Yes; I have a lettre de marque from the government. We shall fight, but if we are taken prisoners we shall be hanged. On the one hand I promise you plenty of fighting and lots of prize money, on the other there is the risk of being hanged."
"I will go with you."
"I knew you would. I came ashore purposely to meet you."
"To meet me? You do not know me."
"Don't I? Then perhaps I have made a mistake. I thought you were John Tempest——"
"That is my name; but how did you know me, and why did you want me?"
"You will ship with me?"