He had been kept by her in entire ignorance of the whole affair, and was very indignant at her having been suspected.

I sent her a letter of thanks by her brother, and a little present for her and one for the child.
The brother was to give them to her as if from himself, so that the husband should not smell a rat, but of course to make her understand who they came from." "Well, I only hope, Jacques," Ralph said, "that when I get shut up in one of your prisons I shall find some French woman to aid me to escape, just as you found an English woman to help you; only I hope it won't be four years coming about." "I think we look sharper after our prisoners than you do; still it may be.

But it will be some time before you are in prison; and if you play your cards well and learn to speak our language, and make yourself useful, I do not think the captain is likely to hand you over to the authorities when we get back to a French port again." "I am quite ready to do my best to learn the language and to make myself useful," Ralph said.

"It is always a good thing to know French, especially as I am going into the army some day; that is if I get back again in time." "Oh, I think you will do so," the man said.

"You keep up your spirits well, and that is the great thing.