“Yes.”
“I will make Nick Carter sit in my boat with his back toward me. Chick will be in your boat, in the same position. When we get well into the river, I will sneeze. When I sneeze, plunge your knife between Chick's shoulders, and I will serve Carter the same. Then we'll quietly chuck them overboard, and go ahead to the Rat-Hole. How do you like the plan?”
“Capital!”
“Good! Is it agreed?”
“Yes.”
“And we will say nothing to the boys until the job is done.”
“Nothing.”
“That's the best way.”
“When they hear that but for me, Nick Carter would have gobbled them all, they won't think anything more about the steel casket, will they?”
“Not a bit.”