"I came here on urgent business, which will not brook delay; but my schooner lies on the other side of the island.

If you pull round, my mate will receive you.

You will find him a most intelligent and hospitable man.

He will conduct you over the vessel, and give you all the information you may desire.

Meanwhile," added the captain of the Foam, rising and putting on his cap, "I must bid you adieu." "Nay, but you have not yet told me when or where you last saw or heard of this remarkable pirate, who is so clever at representing other people; perhaps I should rather say misrepresenting them," said Montague, with a meaning smile.
"I saw him no longer ago than this morning," replied Gascoyne, gravely.
"He is now in these waters, with what intent I know not, unless from his unnatural delight in persecuting me, or, perhaps, because fate has led him into the very jaws of the lion." "Humph! he will find that I bite before I roar, if he does get between my teeth," said the young officer.
"Surely you are mistaken, Gascoyne," interposed Henry Stuart, who, along with John Bumpus, had hitherto been silent listeners to the foregoing conversation.