"I will write to him to-day that I have got another good signature for him." "Two more," said Sir Charles.

"You shall sign, Erskine; hang me if you shan't! It is only against rascals that run away without paying their men their wages." "Or that don't pay them in full," observed Trefusis, with a curious smile.

"But do not sign if you feel uncomfortable about it." "If you don't sign after me, you are a sneak, Chester," said Sir Charles.
"I don't know what it means," said Erskine, wavering.

"I don't understand petitions." "It means what it says; you cannot be held responsible for any meaning that is not expressed in it," said Trefusis.

"But never mind.