But  you  shake  your  head  —  you're  not  i'  the  vein  ?
—  Well,  then,  I  will  stay  with  you ;  for  by  this
hand,  Clem,  you  shift  me  not  off.  Only  I  will  ferret
you  out  of  this  burrow  of  old  stones,  and  carry  you
into  sunshine  and  fair  air. —  Where  shall  we  go  ? "

"  Where  you  will,"  said  Cleveland,  "so  that  you
keep  out  of  the  way  of  our  own  rascals,  and  all
others."

"Why,  then,"  replied  Bunce,  "you  and  I  will  go
up  to  the  Hill  of  Whitford,  which  overlooks  the
town,  and  walk  together  as  gravely  and  honestly  as
a  pair  of  well-employed  attorneys."

As  they  proceeded  to  leave  the  ruinous  castle,
Bunce,  turning  back  to  look  at  it,  thus  addressed
his  companion:


THE  PIRATE.  i6i

"  Hark  ye,  Captain,  dost  thou  know  who  last  in-
habited this  old  cockloft  ? "

"  An  Earl  of  the  Orkneys,  they  say,"  replied
Cleveland.
