"But I warn you that any attempt to escape may get you into a worse scrape than you are in now.

When we get to sea you shall have your liberty." "Thank you, Captain, for this indulgence.

I suppose you will not make a long voyage of it to Mobile.

I presume you go to the northward of Great Abaco Island ?" asked Christy, though he hardly expected to receive an answer to his question.
"Why do you presume such a stupid idea as that ?" demanded the captain, who seemed to regard the inquiry as an imputation upon his seamanship; and the inquirer had put the question to provoke an answer.

"I have been sailing nearly all my life in these waters, and I know where I am.