"The sooner I am off the better, for I could not long conceal you here.

The young frow with you is, I suppose, your companion that my wife mentioned.

He has begun to suffer hardships early.

Come, now, sit down and talk, for nothing can be done till dark." O'Brien narrated the adventures attending our escape, at which Eustache laughed heartily; the more so, at the mistake which his wife was under, as to the obligations of the family.

"If I did not feel inclined to assist you before, I do now, just for the laugh I shall have at her when I come back, and if she wants any more assistance for the sake of her relations, I shall remind her of this anecdote; but she's a good woman and a good wife to boot, only too fond of her sisters." At dusk he equipped us both in sailor's jackets and trowsers, and desired us to follow him boldly.