I am glad you are not.' 'You have orders for us, master, then ?' said Hugh.
'Oh dear, no.

Not I.No orders, my good fellow.

What orders should I have?
You are not in my service.' 'Muster Gashford,' remonstrated Dennis, 'we belong to the cause, don't we ?' 'The cause!' repeated the secretary, looking at him in a sort of abstraction.

'There is no cause.

The cause is lost.' 'Lost!' 'Oh yes.