human
In the first place, captain Gar'ner, continued the deacon,
gpt
I must ask you to take an oath.
human
An oath, deacon!--This is quite new for the sealing business--as ceremonious as Uncle Sam's people.
gpt
Yes, sir, an oath; and an oath that must be most religiously kept, and on this bible. Without the oath, our whole connection must fall through, captain Gar'ner.
human
Rather than that should happen, deacon, I will cheerfully take two oaths; one to clench the other.
gpt
It is well. I ask you, Roswell Gar'ner, to swear on this Holy Book that the secrets I shall now reveal to you shall not be told to any other, except in a manner prescribed by myself; that in no other man's employment will you profit by them and that you will in all things connected with them be true and faithful to your engagements to me and to my interests--so help you God!