“I should give him up to the constables, sir.”
“And the ship-captain?”
“I don’t know, sir. I haven’t thought about it much, sir.”
“You would support the laws, I hope?”
“Oh yes, sir.”
“Even if he were a buccaneer.”
“Oh, now you’re too hard on me, sir.”
“But he was defying the law. And saving a ruffian from it.”
“Yes, sir. Of course I suppose I should support the laws, as you say.”
“It would be rather nice to be a buccaneer, and to obey only those laws which one is strong enough to make for oneself.”