“What you like; for ever since I have had it, it has appeared to me as if I was an accomplice in Captain Laud’s murder.”
“I will give you half a guinea.”
“Well, it is yours.”
“I will put the money into the box in the cupboard. Time now wears away. What are all these pieces of wood for?”
“They are tholes for the boat, when the smugglers use it.”
“With your permission I will take them with me. Have you any oars for them also?”
“No! the smugglers bring their own oars.”
“Well, I must be moving; and now since you have told me the truth, and I have every reason to thank you, I will candidly tell you who I am: I am Margaret Catchpole’s brother.”
“You are a shepherd, then?”