‘Oh, I can manage it so that there will be no danger of a discovery taking place,’ replied Jenkins.
‘Ah, then, be it so, and we will not fall out about the reward.’
‘Agreed,’ answered the captain, ‘an answer must, therefore, be despatched to the place where Gordon is staying, acquainting him with our intentions, so that he may make the necessary preparations for carrying our designs into execution.’
‘It shall be done immediately. But think you that success is at all likely?’
‘It is all but certain.’
‘And had Monteagle better be brought to the house where Inez is confined?’
‘That you can use your own pleasure in,’ replied Jenkins.
Blodget reflected for a few moments.
‘No,’ he at last said, ‘it shall not be so at present; I think it would be as well not to let Inez know anything about it for a short time.’
‘Why so?’