an expression of gross if the big drunken brute had kept his feet he could have done it i do not show my own regard for you by flying like a bull dog at the faces of your friends but i strive to serve you sir as best i can you do you r o interrupted it is an ill return to be treated thus indeed it shall not happen again i will speak to � robert smiled � ah you think speaking of no use well we shall see tell to come hither at v i s master about matter so immediately urged robert when you get well and strong i said at once did yon not hear me robert opened the cabin door and there stood in close attendance mr wants you without a glance at the speaker made one stride to his master s pillow and there stood obedient as the dog that hears the shepherd s voice and springing to his side his signal i wish to speak to you dick about our good friend robert here we are not in england now by and hunted by the of the law and when we were remember though you doubted him this lad proved true as steel there is no danger in his being one of us in short and if there were i still would wish it don t speak � his voice became imperative and even harsh � my mind is fixed upon it and immovable what you and i lack we have found in this good lad he can use his wits and fingers too and in the days to come will be more useful to us even than he has been at present he has no authority and you he tells me take advantage of it to treat him as you dare not treat one of those whom i have placed imder his charge this must not be in future look on bim as my lieutenant my second in command whom in my absence you will obey as though he were myself the saints forbid ejaculated still it may happen dick continued kindly and then what would become of fellows without a head ii promotion so far as i can make him and with you at least i can � is my do you hear p the expression of mr richard s was curious to witness rage dislike humiliation were struggling within him against a habit of obedience to his master s wishes that was second nature he looked from to from to in such pitiable perplexity that the latter who had a generous spirit was moved by it indeed mr said he i have no wish io exercise authority over but merely to be made secure from any such outrage as he put upon me other night that i feel sure of robert or i should not jou with it i know too weu from my own case how ill it is to possess a power that one is not fit to here he stopped and sighed be mr frank sure yourself is the king of men whispered but the other took no notice yes that is the only way continued he thoughtfully i tried to make you a friend of this good lad dick but that through your own fault has failed i now make him your superior you could not give good will it seems but there will be no excuse for refusing your obedience and is the likes of him to come between me and you frank asked no dick no man can do that i think nor answered tenderly don t the lad has had honour done him but not of you s before on the night of their first meeting grasped s fingers heartily and returned the pressure keeping his eyes however intently fixed upon s face you see what i am doing master for your sake they seemed to say that s well dick now leave us for the present for i have some private talk to finish with mr very good frank � perhaps sir � and here he turned to robert with an air of hesitating respect � you will kindly let me know when you have done and i may come back again as he said these words he ran out of the cabin as though he could bear the scene no longer to address robert as his superior thus voluntarily had probably been the hard est task which he l ad ever set himself to do poor dick ejaculated i think that ought to content you lad indeed sir it was more than i asked or even desired answered robert perhaps replied the other but it was necessary i remember when i was at the military college � ago in france � the only way by which a certain worthy could be saved from a most persecution was by creating him a sub lieutenant and a first rate officer he made you were in the army then sir asked robert simply yes and no that is i had a military training which might have been useful had circumstances turned out as they were expected to do in ireland i suppose tes there is no need to make be x promotion ter now even if you have not guessed it i nourished a vain dream which was only real inasmuch as it was dangerous on board ship i was obliged to be in street i was you see i keep nothing from you lieutenant yes sir replied robert i should like however if you would not t ke it ill to ask you one more question what is that s tone became suddenly impatient and even suspicious and imder pretence of settling his skull cap on his head he covered his eyes with his hand i never promised to tell you all my private affairs however indeed sir i should not be so 