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"Now, look here, Wylie, " said Captain Cartwright, as he sat on his horse outside Mr. Jonathan Wylie's house, at the main ferry across the Hawkesbury, which was the only means of communication between the north and south of coastal New South Wales, "this young fellow, Trevithick, that we're after belongs to the Upper Hawkesbury. In my opinion he is sure to come back here. You are well acquainted with everyone on the river, and I expect you to help me to recapture him."
"Um." Mr. Jonathan Wylie retained a strictly non-committal attitude. He always liked to assist the Government whenever he could do so, without trouble, expense or risk to himself, because he found that it paid well.