“Yes, yes. But not yet, my good friend - not yet. We want his asseestance in getting the gold back to the sea; he will be glad enough to give it, now that his pet bird has flown; after that - by all mins. You shall cut his troth, and I will put one of ‘is dear friend’s bullets in ‘im for my own satisfaction.”
There was a quick step on the stairs-in the corridor.
“I’d like to do it now,” whispered Harris; “no time like the present.”
“Yes, yes. But not yet, my good friend - not yet. We want his asseestance in getting the gold back to the sea; he will be glad enough to give it, now that his pet bird has flown; after that - by all mins. You shall cut his troth, and I will put one of ‘is dear friend’s bullets in ‘im for my own satisfaction.”
There was a quick step on the stairs-in the corridor.
“I’d like to do it now,” whispered Harris; “no time like the present.”
