"You urge him!" she begged.
"When the chief has spoken I must be silent," Jack answered, clearly,
though in a low voice.
"What can you say to us, Mr. Farnum? What will you say?" cried Mrs.
Rhinds, desperately.
"Madame," replied the Dunhaven shipbuilder, "all I can say is this: I
will not, of myself make any effort to bring your husband before a
court. I will make no effort to have the investigation carried any
further. That is all I can say. Jack, if you have anything to say to
these ladies that will soften my words, then, in the name of mercy,
say it."
"Ladies," spoke Captain Jack Benson, looking mother and daughter full
in the eye, in turn, "you have heard the extent of Mr. Farnum's promise.
He is a man who lives by the rules of justice. You are the only two
in the world who could have wrung from him such a promise as you have
secured."
With that Farnum and his young captain succeeded in taking their
leave--making their escape, as they felt, from a most trying
situation.
CHAPTER XXIV
CONCLUSION
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