Now look here. What would you say to these?” And I showed him a couple of sovereigns: I longed to offer him twenty, but feared to excite his suspicions. “These are yours if you have a conveyance at the end of the lane - the lane we came up the night before last - in an hour’s time.”
His dull eyes glistened; but a tremor took him from top to toe, and he shook his head.
“I’m ill, man!” I cried. “If I stay here I’ll die! Mr. Rattray knows that,
Now look here. What would you say to these?” And I showed him a couple of sovereigns: I longed to offer him twenty, but feared to excite his suspicions. “These are yours if you have a conveyance at the end of the lane - the lane we came up the night before last - in an hour’s time.”
His dull eyes glistened; but a tremor took him from top to toe, and he shook his head.
“I’m ill, man!” I cried. “If I stay here I’ll die! Mr. Rattray knows that,
