The honest squire seemed almost as bloodthirsty in his eyes as the convict Goddard.

He felt that he did not understand Mr.
Juxon.

The idea of hunting people with bloodhounds seemed utterly foreign to his English nature, and he could not understand how his English friend could entertain such a thought; he probably forgot that a few generations earlier the hunting of all kinds of men, papists, dissenters, covenanters and rebels, with dogs, had been a favourite English sport.
"Really, Mr.Juxon," he said in an agitated tone, "I think you would do much better to protect yourself with the means provided by the law.
Considerations of humanity--" "Considerations of humanity, sir, are at an end when one man threatens the life of another.

You admit yourself that I am not safe unless Goddard is caught, and yet you object to my method of catching him.

That is illogical." The vicar felt that this was to some extent true; but he was not willing to admit it.