Part 59 (1/2)
The Frenchman looked at theo again
”And ze peoples up above, zey are look for zeo ”I didn't know they were here, and I dunno how they coen'leood luck for you I do not find zey kno of you But sink no one on ze island know?”
”I dunno,” said Daygo ”They don't know froo,” said the captain sharply, and the old fisherman thrust his hands very deeply down in the pockets of his huge trousers and was turning slohen Mike cried:
”Stop!”
Daygo turned slowly back, and the captain watched the boy with his dark eyes glittering as he sat facing the light
”Are you going back home?” cried Mike
”Ay, m'lad, when the skipper's done with ht to the Mount and tell , and that we are kept here like prisoners”
”Nay, young gen'le his head slowly froen, when you 'in' and a-prayin' ofyou round by the Scraw; but I never would, noould I, Master Vince?”
”No, you old scoundrel!” cried Vince hotly ”I can see now: because you're a so chuckled
”Didn't I tell you both never to think about it, because there ful currents and things as dragged boats under, and that it was as dangerous as it could be? Now speak up like a man, Master Vince, and let Capen Jarks hear the truth”
”Truth!” said Vince scornfully; ”do you call that truth, telling us both a pack of lies, when youhere often yourself?”
”Eh? Well, s'pose I did, young gen'leman: it was on my lorful business, and you fun out fer yourselves as it's no place for boys like you”
”Look here,” said Vince fiercely: ”you've got to do what Michael Ladelle says, and to tell my father too”
”Nay, my lad; that arn't no lorful business of mine”
”Do you mean to say that you will not tell?”
”Ay, my lad: I'm sorry for you both, proper lads as you are; but you would come, and it's no fault o' rily: ”if you do not warn them above where we are, you'll never be able to live on the island again, and you'll be severely punished”
”Who's to tell agen me?” said the old man sharply
”Why, I shall, and Mike here, of course”
”When?” said Daygo, in a peculiar tone of voice
”As soon as ever we get back; and you'll be punished I suppose Captain Jacques here will have sailed away”
”Soon as you get back, eh, young gen'le to send you home?”