Part 52 (1/2)
”Not open? You toldat all”
”There is neither, but it's shut up by the proave that man”
”You tellfor him?”
”Yes,” said Aleck; ”I was quite ready to stop here all night to keep you company when you were a prisoner chained to that wall”
Thedown at his cohts prevailed
”Yes,” he said, at last, in a quieter way ”So you were; and you would have done it, wouldn't you?”
”Of course I would,” said Aleck
”And it wouldn't be fair to break your word, eh?”
”That's what I feel,” was the reply
”Yes, and I suppose it's right, Aleck--that's what they call you?”
”Yes, that's what they call me,” said the lad, coldly
”Yes--yes,” said the middy, slowly ”I say, you're not an officer, but you're a jolly deal entle, and I want to get out”
”Of course; it's only natural”
”Well, then, you're going to show , when I feel satisfied that Eben Megg will not coht yet Coave him my word that I'd wait, and I'll stay even if he doesn't coht to try and stop you”
”No, that you haven't; but I' to behave worse than you do
Now, onceto show me the way out?”
”No,” said Aleck
To his intense astonishh couch again
”All right,” he said; ”I knohat it means when you're all alone in the stillness here and your brain's at work conjuring up all sorts of horrible things You've behaved very handso to be such a o and leave you in the lurch If you stay, I stay too, and there's an end of it Now, then, snuff the candle and hunt out so I put into my mouth tasted like sawdust, but I feel now as if I could eat like anything Look sharp”
”Do youto his companion, excitedly