Silver passed on into the yard, and the two were left together in the dark.
"On the bubble," said Joses.
"I don't wonder, eether," answered Monkey. "Four-Pound's got to win it for him."
"Hundred thousand, isn't it?" said the fat man.
"That is it," said Monkey. "Guv'nor won't part for less."
"What's that?" asked Joses, stupefied.
"Silver!" answered Monkey. "He's got to put a hundred thousand down, or he don't get her. Old man's no mug."
"Don't get who?" asked the other.
"Minie," shortly.
The fat man absorbed the news.