Volume Two—Chapter Eleven.
The two spies moved silently away—neither speaking above his breath, till they had regained the road, outside the gates of Stone Dean, then, no longer fearing to be overheard, they talked in louder tone.
“What a grand coup it would be!” observed Scarthe, partly in soliloquy, and partly addressing himself to his companion.
“What, captain?” inquired Stubbs.
“To capture this whole nest of conspirators.”
“It would, by Ged!”
“It would get me that colonelcy—true as a trivet; and you, my worthy cornet, would become Captain Stubbs!”
“Zounds! why not try to take ’em then?”