"Then I'll make signals."
"No, you won't. I shan't let you, and you wouldn't be such a sneak, Master Lance."
"It isn't the act of a sneak."
"Yes, it is. Your cousin would, but you wouldn't get poor men into trouble."
That hit hard, and Lance hesitated.
"Why, it must be your father's and your brother's doing. And just under our noses too! Oh, what a disgraceful shame! There, Hezz, I've done with you."
"I didn't know about it, Master Lance."
"You must have known."
"Wish I may die if I did. There!"