"There is no reason why they should be shoved on to us.

In the old time, when there were no colonies, England managed somehow, and I suppose she could do so again." "She managed in a very short way," Captain Wilson said.

"She hung them as fast as she caught them.

It did not matter much what the offence was, whether stealing a loaf or killing a man; but she could hardly go back to that, now." "No, she could not," Miss Hudson agreed; "but I have no doubt she can find something useful for them to do, when she has to keep them at home.
"Don't you think so, captain ?" "I daresay she could," the captain answered.

"Certainly, if I were a colonist living in a lonely part of the country, I should object to transportation for, what with the natives and bush rangers and bad characters generally, no one can say their life is safe." "Oh, it's not so bad as that, captain!" Miss Hudson said indignantly.