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"You say this man is the captain of the _Argente_? " inquired Mr. Force of the old skipper, when the prisoners and their guard had passed out of the room.
"Yes! He is Silver-Silver, the pirate captain! No irons on his wrists yet! Prisoner of war, is he? Ah! ah! we shall see-we shall see! But my brave Roland! Taken with him! This, then was the blockade runner's first officer whom they were talking about, who was taken with him, and is now sent to prison with him! Oh, Roland! Roland! Is it possible that you yielded to temptations to join in a lawless life! But it will cost you your own life, Roland, my lad! No rescued prisoner from the pirate's clutch are you, Roland, but a comrade of pirates yourself! I thought I knew the boy! I thought I knew him for an honest lad! But I was mistaken in him! Oh, how mistaken I was!"