Who knows?
Perhaps Capt.

Boggs is already near at hand with help.

You cannot spare a man.

Let me go." "Betty, Heaven bless and save you, you shall go," said Silas.
"No! No! Do not let her go!" cried Clarke, throwing himself before them.

He was trembling, his eyes were wild, and he had the appearance of a man suddenly gone mad.
"She shall not go," he cried.
"What authority have you here ?" demanded Silas Zane, sternly.