"I glory, I rejoice! Ye hae been converted, ye hae been changed, ye hae been snatched from the jaws o' hell.

Moreover, Master Bonnet, my soul was rejoiced even before that master de'il came to set ye free from your toils.

To look upon ye an' see that, although ye called yoursel' a pirate, ye were no like ane o' these black-hearted cut-throats.

Ye were never as wicked, Master Bonnet, as ye said ye were!" "You are mistaken," groaned Bonnet; "I tell you, Ben Greenway, you are mistaken; I am just as wicked as I ever was.

And I was very wicked, as you should admit, knowing what I have done.