"Bah!"
"Have you heard the news, Captain Shivernock?" asked Donald, suddenly changing the topic.
"What news?"
"It's in the Age. A man over in Lincolnville, by the name of Hasbrook, was taken out of his bed last night, and severely beaten."
"Hasbrook! Served him right!" exclaimed the captain, with a rough string of profanity, which cooled the blood of the listener. "He is the biggest scoundrel in the State of Maine, and I am much obliged to the man who did it. I would have taken a hand with him at the game, if I had been there."
The Bill of Sale. [Page 119].
This was equivalent to saying that he was not there.
"Do you know this Hasbrook?" asked Donald.