[A Jacobite Exile by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookA Jacobite Exile CHAPTER 16: In England Again 16/37
But that is no concern of mine.
Neither, you may say, is your life; but it seems to me that it is.
One young gentleman from the country, who wanted, like you, to see life, was killed in a brawl, and I have never forgiven myself for having taken him to the tavern where he lost his life. Thus, I say that, though willing enough to earn a crown or two outside my own work, I must decline to take you to places where, as it seems to me, you are likely to get into trouble." "You are an honest fellow, and I like you all the more, for speaking out frankly to me," Charlie said, "and were I, as I told your brother, thinking of going to such places solely for amusement, what you say would have weight with me.
But, as I see that you are to be trusted, I will tell you more.
I want to find a man who did me and mine a grievous ill turn.
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