Were he a gentleman, or had he any pretensions to the character, you should have no need to urge me on, I assure you." "I know that, 'squire, and therefore it provokes me to think that the skunk should get off.

Can't you, now, lay aside the gentleman just long enough to wing him?
Now, do try!" The youth smiled as he shook his head negatively.

Forrester, with great anxiety, proceeded:-- "But, 'squire, they won't know your reason for refusing, and they will set you down as afear'd.

They will call you a coward!" "And what if they do, Forrester?
They are not exactly the people about whose opinions I give myself any concern.

I am not solicitous to gain credit for courage among them.