I could not swear to them, for I did not get a fair sight of them before, but they were about the same size and height, and it was clear that they did not wish to be recognized." Rupert made no reply for a while, but thought the matter over.
"Well, Hugh, I wish it had not been so, for I hate quarrels and brawls, but I do not think that we need be uneasy, especially now that we are warned.

The boat carries but three men, and as we shall have our pistols and swords, I imagine that we are a match for these Dutch boatmen.

See that the pistols are loaded, and say naught to our kind friends here as to your suspicions.

I would not make them uncomfortable." Before taking leave of their friends, Rupert was drawn aside by Mynheer Von Duyk, who begged to know if he had any necessity for money, and assured him that then or at any other time he should be glad to honour any drafts that Rupert might draw upon him.
"I am not a man of many words," he said, "but in saving my daughter from that ruffian you have laid me under an obligation which I should be glad to discharge with half my fortune.

I am, as you know, a rich man--I may say a very rich man.