I said naught, but let Molly hold her own; or else I could ha' told a tale about silks an' lace an' things.' Philip's face flushed.

Not because of the smuggling; every one did that, only it was considered polite to ignore it; but he was annoyed to perceive how quickly his little cousin had discovered that his practice did not agree with his preaching, and vexed, too, to see how delighted she was to bring out the fact.

He had some little idea, too, that his uncle might make use of his practice as an argument against the preaching he had lately been indulging in, in opposition to Daniel; but Daniel was too far gone in his Hollands-and-water to do more than enunciate his own opinions, which he did with hesitating and laboured distinctness in the following sentence: 'What I think and say is this.

Laws is made for to keep some folks fra' harming others.

Press-gangs and coast-guards harm me i' my business, and keep me fra' getting what I want.