[Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader by R. M. Ballantyne]@TWC D-Link bookGascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader CHAPTER XXIV 10/22
But you must not accompany me just now." "Why not ?" "Because your presence may be required here.
You and Mr.Mason will remain where you are to guard the girls, until I return.
All that I have to ask is, that you be in readiness to follow me at a moment's notice when the time comes." "Of course what you arrange _must_ be agreed to," said Montague. "Come, Corrie, I will require your assistance.
Follow me," said the pirate captain, as he turned and strode rapidly away. Corrie was now thoroughly convinced of the good intentions of Gascoyne; so he followed him without hesitation.
Indeed, now that he had an opportunity of seeing a little more of his gigantic companion, he began to feel a strange kind of pity and liking for him, but he shuddered and felt repelled when he thought of the human blood in which his hands must have been imbrued; for as yet he had not heard of the defense of himself which Gascoyne had made in the widow's cottage.
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