But to come back to the p'int (w'ich was wot the clergyman said w'en he'd got so far away from the p'int that he never _did_ get back to it), as I wos sayin', or was goin' to say w'en you prewented me, I've reason to b'lieve you're agoin' to try for to make yer escape." "You are mistaken, my man," said Gascoyne, with a sad smile; "nothing is further from my thoughts." "I don't know how far it's from yer thoughts," said Dick, sternly, "but it's pretty close to your intentions, so I'm told." "Indeed you are mistaken," replied Gascoyne.

"If Captain Montague has sent you here to mount guard, he has only deprived you of a night's rest needlessly.

If I had intended to make my escape, I would not have given myself up." "I don't know that,--I'm not so sure o' that," rejoined the boatswain, stoutly.

"You're said to be a obstinate feller, and there's no sayin' what obstinate fellers won't do or will do.

But I didn't come here for to argify the question with _you_, Mister Gascoyne.