"And for reward——"
"I know. His life, if he can come off with it."
Nell burst out laughing.
"He didn't say that, but it may well reckon up to much that figure," she admitted. "You'll think of it, Simon?"
"Think of it? I! Not I!"
"You won't?"
"Or I mightn't attempt it."
"Ah! You will attempt it?"
"Of a certainty."
"You're very ready. Is it all honesty?"