'Don't fear to shake it; it's a friendly one and a hearty one, though it has no fellow.

Why, how well you look and how bluff you are! And you--God bless you, sir.

Take heart, take heart.
We'll find them.

Be of good cheer; we have not been idle.' There was something so honest and frank in Joe's speech, that Mr Haredale put his hand in his involuntarily, though their meeting was suspicious enough.

But his glance at Edward Chester, and that gentleman's keeping aloof, were not lost upon Joe, who said bluntly, glancing at Edward while he spoke: 'Times are changed, Mr Haredale, and times have come when we ought to know friends from enemies, and make no confusion of names.