original condition?"

"I asked you," the Irishman persisted, "whether your son was
worth the sacrifice that the vile deed you contemplate
entails?"

Crispin shook his arm from the other's grip, and rose abruptly.
He crossed to the window, and drew back the curtain.

"Day is breaking," said he gruffly. Then turning, and facing
Hogan across the room, "I have pledged my word to Jocelyn," he
said. "The way I have chosen is the only one, and I shall
follow it. But if your conscience cries out against it, Hogan,
I give you back your promise of assistance, and I shall shift
alone. I have done so all my life."

Hogan shrugged his massive shoulders, and reached out for the
bottle of strong waters.

"If you are resolved, there is an end to it. My conscience
shall not trouble me, and upon what aid I have promised and
what more I can give, you may depend. I drink to the success
of your undertaking."

Thereafter they discussed the matter of the vessel that Crispin
would require, and it was arranged between them that Hogan
should send a message to the skipper, bidding him come to
Harwich, and there await and place himself at the command of
Sir Crispin Galliard. For fifty pounds Hogan thought that he
would undertake to land Sir Crispin in France. The messenger