"I have reasons at present for letting them be!" They were strange reasons, to judge by the hang-dog look of the proud magistrate.

"But I shall know how to deal with them by-and-by.

Come, man, come!" he repeated impatiently.

And he turned towards the door and unlocked it.
Basterga moved reluctantly after him.

"Ay, we go now," he said, with a look full of menace.