‘Yes, captain.’
‘You will take charge of the pantry, which I will point out to you, and possess yourself of all the portable plate.’
‘I’ll do it, captain.’
‘You, then, will ransack the rooms on the first floor.’
‘All’s right.’
‘And you will follow me.’
‘I’ll do it, captain. Now we know what we have all got to do, and can do it well.’
‘You can if you will; and remember that we all assemble here in the hall again as soon as possible, and that if the one who is to keep guard at the door sees proper to give an alarm, it shall be with a whistle such as no doubt in the night time will be distinctly heard by all of you.’
‘I have a whistle in my pocket,’ said the fellow, ‘that I’ll warrant you will all hear.’
‘Then that is settled; so now let us go to work.’