Well and sound he cannot be; for, besides that I am sure I saw him stagger and drop, firing his pistol as he fell, I know him well enough to swear, that, had he not been severely wounded, he would have first pestered me with his accursed presence and assistance, and then walked forward with his usual composure to settle matters with Sir Bingo Binks.

No--no--Saint Francis is none of those who leave such jobs half finished--it is but doing him justice to say, he has the devil's courage to back his own deliberate impertinence.

But then, if wounded severely, he must be still in this neighbourhood, and probably in concealment--this is what I must discover, and I want your assistance in my enquiries among the natives .-- Haste hither, Harry, as ever you look for good at my hand.
"A good player, Harry, always studies to make the best of bad cards--and so I have endeavoured to turn my wound to some account; and it has given me the opportunity to secure Monsieur le Frere in my interests.

You say very truly, that it is of consequence to me to know the character of this new actor on the disordered scene of my adventures .-- Know, then, he is that most incongruous of all monsters--a Scotch Buck--how far from being buck of the season you may easily judge.

Every point of national character is opposed to the pretensions of this luckless race, when they attempt to take on them a personage which is assumed with so much facility by their brethren of the Isle of Saints.