"I believe the rascal was up to anything.

But there is an end of him now, with all his Sir Smees and Sir Ciceros into the bargain.

Just let the veechy into the secret of the fellow's fate, Griffin." Griffin then related to the vice-governatore the manner in which it was supposed that le Feu-Follet, Raoul Yvard, and all his associates had been consumed like caterpillars on a tree.

Andrea Barrofaldi listened, with a proper degree of horror expressed in his countenance; but Vito Viti heard the tale with signs of indifference and incredulity that he did not care to conceal.

Nevertheless, Griffin persevered, until he had even given an account of the manner in which he and Cuffe examined the lugger's anchorage, in the bootless attempt to discover the wreck.
To all this the two functionaries listened with profound attention and a lively surprise.