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Then in tones of suppressed excitement, with his hands on James Moore's arm: "And, look'ee, theer's ma Gyp a-beckonin' on us!" There, indeed, on the crest of the rise beside the wood, was the little lurcher, now looking back at his master, now creeping stealthily forward. "Ma word! theer's summat wrong yonder!" cried Jim, and jerked the post-bags off his shoulder. "Coom on, Master!
"Up, man," he panted, covering the prostrate archer with his shield, "up, Giles, an ye can we're close beset " "But we be here, look'ee Roger 'tis we, look'ee!" cried a voice behind. "Aye, it do be us!" roared another voice, and Roger's assailants were borne back by a line of vicious-thrusting pikes. "Art hurt, Giles?"
"Look'ee! I will be frank quite frank and open with you, Mr. Caryll. Things were bad when first you came to me. Yet not so bad that I was driven to a choice of evils. I had lost heavily. But enough remained to bear me through my time, though Rotherby might have found little enough left after I had gone. While that was so, I hesitated to take a risk. I am an old man.
"Never!" cried I in growing fury, "Come what will I stay aboard this ship until we reach our destination!" "Hum!" says he, pinching his chin and eyeing me 'twixt narrowed lids, "Are ye still bent on nought but vengeance then? Why look'ee, Martin, 'tis none so far to seek, for seeing you may not reach the father why not smite him through the daughter?
Worse manners, said the hangman, rapping at the door with his stick, 'I never see in this place afore. I'm ashamed of you. You're a disgrace to the Bailey. After pausing for a moment to hear if anything could be pleaded in justification, Mr Dennis resumed in a sort of coaxing tone: 'Now look'ee here, you four.
At gesture from Tressady I was dragged to my feet and my arms jerked, twisted and bound before me crosswise, and so stood I helpless and in much painful discomfort whiles Tressady harangued his fellows, tapping me gently with his hook: "Look'ee, my bullies," quoth he, "I promised ye gold a' plenty and here, somewhere on this island, it lieth waiting to be found.
For look'ee, she hath oft told me of you and the life you lived together on Bartlemy's Island." "And has she so indeed?" quoth I. "Aye, verily. Lord, Martin, when she waked from her swoon aboard ship and found I had sailed without you, she was like one distraught and was for having me 'bout ship that she might stay to comfort you in your solitude.
Hereupon, from bush and shadow and rock, I heard a whisper, a murmur, and the word "England" oft repeated. Tressady heard it also, and stepping forward he drew a long furrow in the sand with the toe of his shoe. "Look'ee my hearty boys," says he, pointing to this furrow with his hook, "the first man as setteth foot athwart this line I send to hell-fire along o' Tom Purdy yonder!"
Now look'ee here: You've made some observations to me, which gives me to understand as you admire a certain sweet creetur. Hey? 'Captain Gills, said Mr Toots, gesticulating violently with the hand in which he held his hat, 'Admiration is not the word. Upon my honour, you have no conception what my feelings are.
"Why, perceive me now, amigo, let us reason together, camarado thus now it all dependeth upon the point o' view; these were Papishers and evil men, regarding which Davy sayeth i' the Psalms, 'I will root 'em out, says he; why, root it is! says I and look'ee, brother, I have done a lot o' rooting hitherto and shall do more yet, as I pray.
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