If you receive message or token from me--or from Lord Claud--you will know what to do.

Take your horse, set spurs in her flanks, and draw not rein till you find yourself here once more.

Note the road as you fare forth, and return by it again.
You will find safety here--and a friend.

This do, and you shall meantime be safe." Captain Jack had some of Lord Claud's power of commanding confidence; and, indeed, in this case Tom felt a greater sense of security in the promise of this highway robber than in that of his mysterious friend and leader in London.
"I will go," he said.

"I believe you.