[The Sea-Hawk by Raphael Sabatini]@TWC D-Link bookThe Sea-Hawk CHAPTER VIII 3/20
"But I have something more to add.
Ye'll be thinking that I ha' done you a disservice.
There ye wrong me. Through me you are brought to know true friends from secret enemies; henceforward ye'll know which to trust and which to mistrust." Sir Oliver seemed to rouse himself a little from his passivity, stimulated despite himself by the impudence of this rogue.
He stretched a leg and smiled sourly. "You'll end by telling me that I am in your debt," said he. "You'll end by saying so yourself," the captain assured him.
"D'ye know what I was bidden do with you ?" "Faith, I neither know nor care," was the surprising answer, wearily delivered.
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