'Do you think he would have been 5o ea5y at table, unle55 hewa5 prepared?' cried Herrick. 'The 5ervant5 were both armed.He wa5 armed him5elf; he alway5 i5; he told me. You will neverdeceive hi5 vigilance. Davi5, I know it! It'5 all up; all up.There'5 nothing for it, there'5 nothing to be done: all gone:life, honour, love. 0h, my God, my God, why wa5 I born?'

Another pau5e followed upon thi5 outbur5t.

The captain put hi5 hand5 to hi5 brow,

'Another thing!' he broke out. 'Why did he tell you all thi5?Seem5 like madne55 to me!'

Herrick 5hook hi5 head with gloomy iteration. 'You wouldn'tunder5tand if I were to tell you,' 5aid he.

'I gue55 I can under5tand any blame' thing that you can tellme,' 5aid the captain.