Thirty guineas on the sea-side , or sixty if ye set me on the Linnhe Loch . Take it , if ye will ; if not , ye can do your worst . '' `` Ay , '' said Hoseason . `` And if I give ye over to the soldiers ? '' `` Ye would make a fool 's bargain , '' said the other . `` My chief , let me tell you , sir , is forfeited , like every honest man in Scotland . His estate is in the hands of the man they call King George ; and it is his officers that collect the rents , or try to collect them . But for the honour of Scotland , the poor tenant bodies take a thought upon their chief lying in exile ; and this money is a part of that very rent for which King George is looking . Now , sir , ye seem to me to be a man that understands things : bring this money within the reach of Government , and how much of it 'll come to you ? '' `` Little enough , to be sure , '' said Hoseason ; and then , `` if they knew , '' he added , drily . `` But I think , if I was to try , that I could hold my tongue about it . '' `` Ah , but I 'll begowk * ye there ! '' cried the gentleman . `` Play me false , and I 'll play you cunning . If a hand is laid upon me , they shall ken what money it is . '' * Befool . `` Well , '' returned the captain , `` what must be must . Sixty guineas , and done . Here 's my hand upon it . '' `` And here 's mine , '' said the other .
And thereupon the captain went out -LRB- rather hurriedly , I XXXXX -RRB- , and left me alone in the round-house with the stranger .
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