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Roupall and the others slunk silently and sorrowingly away, and the little group Dalton, Barbara, the Jewess, Fleetword, and Robin stood nearly together on the ledge.
Persons unaccustomed to such scenes could hardly have distinguished the vessels in the offing, so much of the same colour did they appear with the waves themselves. Robin then scanned the cliffs as he had done the ocean, and whistled soft, low, but audibly, a note like that of the frightened plover. It was speedily answered, and in a moment Roupall stood by his side.
Roupall, Roupall! acquaintance with courts has taught me, that nature in the first place, and society in the second, have imposed upon us mortals two most disagreeable necessities: the one is that of eating; the other, that of talking. Now nature is a tyrant, and society is a tyrant; and I, being a tyrant-hater "
"Are any gone off to the ship? and where is the Skipper?" "The Skipper's with the women, and, I think, has been looking out for you," replied Roupall. "Tell him, then, tell all that it will not be safe for any of ye to venture off to the Fire-fly till I give ye a signal.
As the flames rose and encircled their victim, his cries were so dreadful, that Springall pressed his hands to his ears, and buried his face in the sand; but Roupall looked on to the last, thinking aloud his own rude but energetic thoughts. "Ah! you do not pray, as I have seen some do!
The Ranger proceeded more cautiously than before, and peering into the bushes, descried one whom he immediately recognised as Jack Roupall, unfastening something of considerable bulk that was contained in a handkerchief, and had apparently lain there for some days, as the grass from which it had been taken was completely levelled by its pressure.
It occurred to Burrell at the moment, that Roupall might serve his purpose even better than Robin Hays, for he was both a strong and a desperate man; and he bade the old woman send him forth; telling her at the same time, and in a significant tone, that he was well acquainted with the talents and character of her guest.
While the attention of Cromwell and his friends was fixed upon the desperate end of the miserable man, Roupall was crawling under a ledge of black rock, that stretched to a considerable distance into the sea, where he calculated on remaining safe until high tide drove him to another burrow.
Robin; few of either party can show clean hands these times; but does yon gallant come from over sea?" "It might be that he dropped from the sky, for that is over the sea, you know." "Faugh! you are as snappish as a cur whelp. I mean, what is he about?" "Sleeping. Zooks! I'm sure he sleeps." "Is he of good credit?" "Faith, Roupall, I know not his banker."
Ah! in a hundred years, few can tell where the watchers of the Gull's Nest Crag lighted beacon and brand for the free rovers of the free sea!" Another pause succeeded the rhapsody of Jack Roupall and then Springall inquired how it was that he could not open the strong room where the preacher had been left to his prayers. "How it was? why, because I had not the key.
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