So I'll not be telling you what I think of you for
daring to bring me this offer, or of my Lord Sunderland - since he's
your kinsman for having the impudence to send it. But it does not
surprise me at all that one who is a minister of James Stuart's
should conceive that every man is to be seduced by bribes into
betraying those who trust him." He flung out an arm in the direction
of the waist, whence came the half-melancholy chant of the lounging
buccaneers.
"Again you misapprehend me," cried Lord Julian, between concern and
indignation. "That is not intended. Your followers will be included
in your commission."
"And d' ye think they'll go with me to hunt their brethren - the
Brethren of the Coast? On my soul, Lord Julian, it is yourself does
the misapprehending. Are there not even notions of honour left in
England? Oh, and there's more to it than that, even. D'ye think
I could take a commission of King James's? I tell you I wouldn't
be soiling my hands with it - thief and pirate's hands though they
be. Thief and pirate is what you heard Miss Bishop call me to-day
- a thing of scorn, an outcast.
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