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`` That I allow , '' replied the Canadian ; `` but we must risk that . Liberty is worth paying for ; besides , the boat is strong , and a few miles with a fair wind to carry us is no great thing . Who knows but by to-morrow we may be a hundred leagues away ? Let circumstances only favour us , and by ten or eleven o'clock we shall have landed on some spot of terra firma , alive or dead . But adieu now till to-night . '' With these words the Canadian withdrew , leaving me almost dumb . I had imagined that , the chance gone , I should have time to reflect and discuss the matter .