“I hope they won’t be drowned,” I added, as the boat heeled over so that her gunwale went under.
“I don’t care if they are.”
“Be reasonable, Waddie.”
“I am reasonable. What do you suppose I care for the villains, after what they have done to me?”
“Love your enemies, Waddie. Return good for evil.”
“It’s easy enough to talk; but I don’t believe much in that sort of stuff.”
“It isn’t stuff, Waddie. If I had acted on your principle, you would have been tarred and feathered before this time.”
“You won’t lose anything by what you have done, Wolf,” replied he rather sheepishly.
“I don’t expect to make anything by it.”
“You will.”