Since his abandonment, he had become, under the name of Ben Joyce, the leader of the escaped convicts; and if he boldly maintained that the wreck had taken place on the east coast, and led Lord Glenarvan to proceed in that direction, it was that he hoped to separate him from his ship, seize the 'Duncan,' and make the yacht a pirate in the Pacific."
Desde su abandono y bajo el nombre de Ben Joyce se había puesto a la cabeza de una partida de evadidos de presidio; y si sostuvo descaradamente que el naufragio había ocurrido en la costa oriental e indujo a lord Glenarvan a tomar aquella dirección, fue porque esperaba apoderarse del Duncan y convertirse eu pirata del Pacífico.