‘Oh, you, of course.’
‘Is that then thoroughly understood and agreed?’
‘Yes, yes.’
‘Very well, then. The next point is as regards the division of the spoil.’
‘Yes, that should be well understood.’
‘It must be well understood or I am off to find some others to help me in the matter. I have thought over my terms, and I do not, I assure you, intend to flinch from them.’
‘What are they?’
‘Listen, then. Let all the plunder be fairly divided into two parts, I will then take one part to myself and my friend, Kay, and you can divide the other among you in equal shares.’
The thieves looked rather blank at this proposition, and Blodget seeing that, added—
‘Well, if you don’t like that you have but to say so, and our bargain is at an end; but if I get all the information, and put up a robbery in the safe and quiet way that I can do it, I think myself entitled to the share I speak of, and I will have it too.’