For God's sake, sir, I beg of you not to let the police know that he is still on the moor.

They have given up the chase there, and he can lie quiet until the ship is ready for him.

You can't tell on him without getting my wife and me into trouble.

I beg you, sir, to say nothing to the police." "What do you say, Watson ?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"If he were safely out of the country it would relieve the tax-payer of a burden." "But how about the chance of his holding someone up before he goes ?" "He would not do anything so mad, sir.