“Keep quiet, then, and do as I tell you,” said Hal.
He turned again to von Bernstrum.
“I can see,” he said, “that the lady would be pleased to know a man like you.”
“Ah! you see it?” cried the German. “But Heinrich is so cunning. Now if I had your help—”
“What would you have us do?” asked Hal.
The big German was silent for some minutes before replying.
“If I had your help,” he said at length, “I would see that you all regained your liberty. Will you help me?”
“What is it you would have us do?” asked Chester.
“I will not say until you have promised,” said von Bernstrum.
“And we will not promise till you have told us,” said Hal. “How do we know that you are a man of your word, or that you are a fighter, such as you would have us believe.”