Thirty guineas , if ye land me on the sea-side ; and sixty , if ye put me in the Linnhe Loch . '' `` But see , sir , where we lie , we are but a few hours ' sail from Ardnamurchan , '' said Hoseason . `` Give me sixty , and I 'll set ye there . '' `` And I 'm to wear my brogues and run jeopardy of the red-coats to please you ? '' cries Alan . `` No , sir ; if ye want sixty guineas earn them , and set me in my own country . '' `` It 's to risk the brig , sir , '' said the captain , `` and your own lives along with her . '' `` Take it or want it , '' says Alan . `` Could ye pilot us at all ? '' asked the captain , who was frowning to himself . `` Well , it 's doubtful , '' said Alan . `` I 'm more of a fighting man -LRB- as ye have seen for yoursel ' -RRB- than a sailor-man . But I have been often enough picked up and set down upon this coast , and should ken something of the lie of it . '' The captain shook his head , still frowning . `` If I had lost less money on this unchancy cruise , '' says he , `` I would see you in a rope 's end before I risked my brig , sir . But be it as ye will . As soon as I get a slant of wind -LRB- and there 's some coming , or I 'm the more mistaken -RRB- I 'll put it in hand . But there 's one thing more . We may meet in with a king 's ship and she may lay us aboard , sir , with no blame of mine : they keep the cruisers thick upon this coast , ye ken who for . Now , sir , if that was to befall , ye might leave the money . ''
`` Captain , '' says XXXXX , `` if ye see a pennant , it shall be your part to run away .
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