When I first left the cabin, and came here on deck, I honestly believed I could talk with you, Kirby, appeal to your better nature, and gain some consideration for those two girls.

Now I know better.

From the start this has been the working out of a deliberately planned plot.

You, and your confederate, have coolly robbed Beaucaire, and propose to get away with the spoils.

Perhaps you will, but that end will not be accomplished through any assistance of mine.