All in the luck! To-day to thee, to-morrow to me.

What puzzled him was that evidently more was expected.
When they condescended to direct speech he could understand their language well enough.

Nor did they indulge in over-brutal handling; they kept a measure and reminded him sufficiently of old England's own highwaymen.

Of course, like old England's own, they would become atrocious if they thought that circumstances indicated it.

But they did not seem inclined to go out of their way to be murderous or tormenting.