Was there a chance that the man would be taken?
he asked.

Every chance, if he dared show his face in England, the passenger answered.

A reward of seven hundred pounds was an inducement to the survivors to keep their eyes open; and they'd do it, besides, without any reward.

Moreover--if Gordon had escaped, his comrades in the boat had escaped with him.

They were lawless men like himself, every one of them, and they would be sure to betray him when they found what a price was set upon his capture.
Clerk Gum returned home, bearing to his wife and Calne the final tidings which crushed out all hope.