Treasure Island vocabulary

with the connivance of that execrable fiend Marat, my only son will, mayhap, come back to me one day a potential thief, a criminal probably, a drink-sodden reprobate at best. Such things are done every day in this glorious Revolution of ours— done in the sacred name of France and of Liberty.

Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

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“Then mayhap he’s a red-heided Hottentot. All I know is he’s green as a rotten fish and pukin’ his guts out. Are ye goin’ to come down and help me stop him puttin’ his ribs out through his chest?”

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)