`` 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 thought -RRB- , and left me alone in the round-house with the stranger . At that period -LRB- so soon after the forty-five -RRB- there were many exiled gentlemen coming back at the peril of their lives , either to see their friends or to collect a little money ; and as for the Highland chiefs that had been forfeited , it was a common matter of talk how their tenants would stint themselves to send them money , and their clansmen outface the soldiery to get it in , and run the gauntlet of our great navy to carry it across . All this I had , of course , heard tell of ; and now I had a man under my eyes whose life was forfeit on all these counts and upon one more , for he was not only a rebel and a smuggler of rents , but had taken service with King Louis of France .
And as if all this were not enough , he had a belt full of golden XXXXX round his loins .
Befool France George Highland Hoseason Scotland clansmen guineas round-house smuggler