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"Who are you?" asked the prisoner, as three dark forms appeared before him. "Friends," a voice which he recognized as Mr. Edward Cheeseman's whispered. "We have come to liberate you." He was led from the jail, and then, by the dim light of the stars, he recognized William Drummond, Edward Cheeseman and Mr. Lawerence. "There is a ship in the harbor ready to sail for Boston," said Mr. Lawerence.
John Stevens returned to the original question of his going to London. "My friends all declare that it is my duty to go," he said. "Your friends! who are your friends?" "Drummond." "An ignorant Scotchman." Drummond was far from being ignorant, yet he stood not in favor with Mrs. Stevens. "Mr. Lawerence advises it." "He is a canting hypocrite." "Mr. Edward Cheeseman also thinks it advisable."
He had many friends in the town, who no sooner learned of his arrest, than they began to appeal to the governor for his release. Among them was Drummond, Cheeseman and Lawerence; but all supplications and entreaties were of no avail. Hugh Price made a pretence of defending his wife's son; but the hollow show of his pretended interest was apparent.
As he held his baby in his arms and listened to her gentle crowing and heard the merry prattle of his boy at play, he asked himself if he should ever see those children again, were he to go away. John had three friends in whom he reposed great confidence. They were Drummond, Lawerence, and Cheeseman.
At this Cheeseman and Drummond laughed and even the thoughtful Mr. Lawerence smiled. Though soothsayers in those days were not generally gainsaid, those four men at Drummond's house lived in advance of their age. "Go on your voyage and save the sum in jeopardy," was Drummond's advice. "If your going will make sure the sum, hesitate not a single moment," interposed Cheeseman.
"Talk not of repayment," Drummond answered, "but go on, and when you are away, remember us in kindness." The boat was waiting on the beach, and the sailors sat at their oars ready to take him away to the vessel which lay at anchor. Drummond, Cheeseman and Lawerence withdrew, leaving Robert alone with his mother and sister.
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