To that oath, Mr. Hornblower, we shall add the words, "So long as the Hornblower family do us no harm."
HORNBLOWER. [With a snarl] Take it in your hands, both of ye, and together swear.
MRS. H. [Taking the Book] I swear that I will breathe no word of what I know concerning Chloe Hornblower to any living soul, so long as the Hornblower family do us no harm.
DAWKER. I swear that too.
MRS. H. I engage for my husband.
HORNBLOWER. Where are those two fellows?
DAWKER. Gone. It's no business of theirs.
HORNBLOWER. It's no business of any of ye what has happened to a woman in the past. Ye know that. Good-day!
[He gives them a deadly look, and goes out, left, followed by
DAWKER.]
MRS. H. [With her hand on the Deed] Safe!