"I find I was in error.

No matter.

A time _may_ come,--and that ere long,--when you will be glad to purchase my secrets, and your own safety, at a dearer price than the heads of your companions." "Are you ready ?" said Trenchard, striding towards the door.
"I am," replied Jonathan, following him, "and so," he added in an undertone, "are your captors." A moment afterwards, they quitted the house..