"To oblige you? Oh, dear, no. I rather think not. I shall be glad to meet you at Foster's Cliff House to-morrow at two, if you will promise to come unattended."
"I will be there."
"On my terms?"
"Yes."
"Very well; we can then discuss the situation; for the present, it will be enough to say good-night."
Always a polished villain, Maltravers bowed and took his departure.
Jack was baffled, and was about to sit down to consider what he should do, when Nappa Bill made a furious lunge at him with a knife.
Seeing the movement, he stepped on one side and escaped being killed by almost a miracle.
Being armed, he drew a pistol.
"Keep off," he said, "or I'll shoot."