After I have landed you at Bermuda or Nassau, I shall not attempt to run the blockade, which is now enforced, in order to land you and the lady.

Besides, we may be in action at any time after we get under way." "Then if I do not yield the point, you intend to leave me to carry out this enterprise alone ?" demanded Mulgate.
"In that case, I wish to go with you, Captain Carboneer," added Corny, with emphasis.

"But I want it understood that I shall not leave Bonnydale without telling my uncle to look out for his daughter." "Then you mean to be a traitor, Corny ?" said Mulgate angrily.
"Call it what you like." "All this is absurd, Mulgate," interposed Captain Carboneer.

"Without my resources, you can do nothing at all, and it would be foolish for you to attempt the capture of the vessel.

You are not a sailor or a navigator, and you could do nothing with the vessel if you succeeded in getting her to sea." "I have no doubt I could find a hundred men in New York, including half a score of navigators, to assist me in this enterprise," replied Mulgate.
"I have another steamer in view, though the Bellevite is vastly superior to anything I know of in speed and general fitness.