I felt like you do at first, and it seemed as if we'd found a treasure and were going to be very rich." "So we have, and so we are," said Mike.

"I don't see why you should turn cowardly about it." "I didn't know that it was cowardly to want to be honest," said Vince quietly.
"Only hark at him!" cried Mike, as the waves came thundering in, and the wind roared over them.

"You are the most obstinate chap that ever was.
Why won't you see things in the right light?
Don't those things belong to my father ?" "I don't know." "Yes, you do.

If they were brought and hidden there a hundred years ago, and everybody who brought 'em is dead, as they're on father's land, mustn't they be his ?" "Or the king's." "The king don't want them, I know.

By rights they're my father's, but he won't mind our doing what we like with them, as we were the finders.
Now then, don't be snobby; will you come first fine afternoon ?" Vince was silent.
"I won't ask you to meddle with anything--only to keep it all quiet." Vince picked up a stone and threw it from him, so that it should fall down into the raging billows below, but he made no reply.
"I say, why don't you speak ?" cried Mike.
"Who's to talk here in this noise, with the wind blowing your words away ?" "You could just as easily have said you would come as have said that," shouted Mike.
"All right, then, I'll come," said Vince; and Mike gave him a hearty slap on the back.