“Silence! or I shall put you under arrest.”
“No, you won’t.”
“Do you know the channel of the river?”
“Of course I do. What do you suppose Andy sent me here for?” snarled Somers.
“Keep a civil tongue in your head, man.”
“You had better show me how to do it first. Come, Graves,” he added, turning to De Banyan, “we are not wanted here, and we will go home again.”
“Who is that man with you?”
“Graves.”
“Where did you get all these men?”
“They came with me to see the fun, and help the thing along.”