I was to be most careful that no one should see me when I got back, and, if I was caught, I was on no account to say where I had been to." The farmer insisted upon the young fellow sitting down at the table, and taking some food, before he started to go back.

He required no pressing, but, as soon as his hunger was satisfied, he started again at a brisk run, which he kept up as long as Charlie's eye could follow him down the valley.
Although the boy by no means wished Mr.Jervoise to be involved in his father's trouble, Charlie could not help feeling a certain amount of pleasure at the news.

He thought it certain that, if his father escaped, he would have to leave the country, and that he would, in that case, take him as companion in his flight.

If Mr.
Jervoise and Harry also left the country, it would be vastly more pleasant for both his father and himself.

Where they would go to, or what they would do, he had no idea, but it seemed to him that exile among strangers would be bearable, if he had his friend with him.