Only, be sure that you appreciate what you risk: the prison, the dock, the gallows, and the halter--terribly vulgar circumstances, my young friend; grim, sordid, earnest; no poetry in that!' 'And there I am warned,' I returned gaily.

'No man could be warned more finely or with a greater eloquence.

And I am of the same opinion still.
Until I have again seen that lady, nothing shall induce me to quit Great Britain.

I have besides--' And here I came to a full stop.

It was upon my tongue to have told him the story of the drovers, but at the first word of it my voice died in my throat.