"Never! but I know you will never leave the coast alive! those men will not rest day or night until they run you down, and I cannot aid you, as I have already earned their enmity, and they have demanded that I be sent away!"
"That is all right."
"The girl laughed and said:
"It is easy enough to say 'that is all right,' but where shall
I go?"
"Go with Tom Pearce."
"Tom Pearce will not leave the coast."
"Yes, he will."
"Did he tell you so?"
"No, but I will persuade him. I will show him very soon that it is best for him to go. He will go, never fear!"
"You will never persuade him."