Silva appeared to take no notice of us; yet we could not but believe that it was owing to his intercession our lives had been spared, and that we were not ill-treated.  It will be remembered that, after the story we heard of the escape of the convicts from Juan Fernandez, serious suspicions had been entertained of his character.  We had now, from finding him associated with pirates, every reason to believe that our suspicions were correct.  Still, pirate as he was, all the right feelings of our nature had not been blunted in him.  While on board the _Triton_ he had always behaved well, and he now showed us that he was grateful for the kindness he had received.  Such was the opinion Jerry and I formed of him.