We contend for legal and natural rights, my dear admiral, and the means employed should not be unworthy of the end.

Besides, I know the scoundrel to be unworthy of trust, and shall not have the weakness to put myself in his power.

I could wish the other boy to be of another mind; but, by getting him off to sea, whither he tells me he is bound, we shall at least send him out of harm's way." In all this Sir Reginald was perfectly sincere; for, while he did not always hesitate about the employment of means, in matters of politics, he was rigidly honest in every thing that related to private properly; a species of moral contradiction that is sometimes found among men who aim at the management of human affairs; since those often yield to a besetting weakness who are nearly irreproachable in other matters.
Bluewater was glad to hear this declaration; his own simplicity of character inducing him to fancy it was an indication to the general probity of his companion.
"Yes," observed the latter, "in all eases, we must maintain the laws of the land, in an affair of private right.

This young man is not capable, perhaps, of forming a just estimate of his political duties, in a crisis like this, and it may be well, truly, to get him off to sea, lest by taking the losing side, he endangers his estate before he is fairly possessed of it.

And having now disposed of Sir Wycherly, what can I do most to aid the righteous and glorious cause ?" "This is coming to the point manfully, Sir Richard--I beg pardon for thus styling you, but I happen to know that your name has been before the prince, for some time, as one of those who are to receive the riband from a sovereign really _authorized_ to bestow it; if I have spoken a little prematurely, I again entreat your pardon;--but, this is at once coming manfully to the point! Serve us you can, of course, and that most effectually, and in an all-important manner.