"Humph, yes," said Mr Reardon, with his fingers to his lips.  "I think he is, for he seems to have taken to us and to be working hard in our service.  But he may have been deceived.  He is cunning enough; but so are his countrymen, and they would glory in tricking the man who has taken up with the English.  I don't know what to say to it, Herrick."