with more if they had it."

"Well, William," said I, "but you have not explained what you mean by
home. Why, man, I am at home; here is my habitation; I never had any
other in my lifetime; I was a kind of charity school-boy; so that I can
have no desire of going anywhere for being rich or poor; for I have
nowhere to go."

"Why," says William, looking a little confused, "hast thou no relatives
or friends in England? No acquaintance; none that thou hast any kindness
or any remains of respect for?"

"Not I, William," said I, "no more than I have in the court of the Great
Mogul. Yet I do not say I like this roving, cruising life so well as
never to give it over. Say anything to me, I will take it kindly." For I
could see he was troubled, and I began to be moved by his gravity.

"There is something to be thought of beyond this way of life," says
William.

"Why, what is that," said I, "except it be death?"

"It is repentance."

"Why," says I, "did you ever know a pirate repent?"

At this he was startled a little, and returned.

"At the gallows I have known one, and I hope thou wilt be the second."