It will be also a guarantee to you that we have no designs on either your pockets or your person." Angry as he still was, it was evident, by the expression of the treasurer's face, that the information was a relief to him, for indeed he had supposed that he had been carried off by political enemies, and was very uncertain as to what would befall him.
"What is it that you require, then ?" he asked, after a pause.
"Merely this, sir.

That you will give us an order, upon an agent through whom you communicate with France, to take us across the channel immediately." "Well, gentlemen," Godolphin said, more calmly, "I must say your coolness surprises me.

Your escape yesterday was, of course, reported to us; and the manner in which you obtained that rope, by which you descended, is a mystery that the jail authorities are wholly unable to solve.
"If you obtain the order you desire, will you give me your word of honour that it shall be used in a manner in no way hostile to the interests of this country, but solely, as you say, for the purpose of conveying you across the channel ?" "That promise we give willingly.

We must ask you to pledge your honour, as a gentleman, that the order you give us will be a genuine one--a matter that we cannot ascertain until we arrive at the address given.

We are willing to play fairly with you, sir, but if you do not do the same, we shall certainly return to London, though in some different guise, and, if so, I warn you that no guards will save you from our vengeance." "You need not threaten, sir," Lord Godolphin said calmly.