"I promised to save you, and I always keep my promise."
"Do you know aught of my mother, sister, and Ester?"
"All are safe aboard my vessel."
"Why do you take such interest in us, Sir Albert? You are like a father to me."
"Do you remember your father?"
"I can just remember him. He was a noble man with a kind heart. Did you know him?"
"Yes; he was my friend. I knew him well."
"Would to heaven he had remained; our misery would not have been so great."
"We are all in the hands of inexorable fate; but let us talk no more. You will have a full pardon from Charles II. soon, and then that old fool will not dare to harm you. Not only will you be pardoned but Ester Goffe as well."
"How know you this?" asked Robert.