“That’s right, too,” said Pete, ruefully.
“And if Trowbridge doesn’t vote at all or doesn’t come to the meeting, the result will be the same.”
“I don’t believe Trowbridge would play us that kind of a trick,” remarked Sumner; “it’s too mean a thing to do.”
At this point the suppressed Wilmot began to wave his hands about in gestures which indicated that he wished permission to speak.
“Let go of him, Pete; he wants to say something!” commanded the captain.
Wilmot, obtaining release by this pantomime, escaped to a safer position. “You haven’t said anything about going to see Callahan.”
“I forgot that. He thought Jason and some one else had better hunt up Callahan and get his evidence.”
At this proposal, Dunn, who stood on the outskirts of the crowd, was edging away, but Eaton dragged him back. “I won’t!” said the unfortunate, sullenly. “I don’t want anything more to do with it.”
“You’ve got to,” Eaton retorted. “You’ve got us into this scrape; now you must get us out.”
“You’ll have to go, too, Harry,” said Talbot, calmly treating Dunn’s refusal as if it had not been made.