"Of course he will!" he cried. "Where would be the fun if he didn't? Where would be my fun—that's been due to me ever since he had me disrated?"
"Then it's a bargain."
"What? Are you going to give me your hand on it, Captain Devenish?"
"My hand and word, and if I break the one may the other wither!"
"But you'll put it on paper, sir, won't you?"
"Whenever you like."
"One thousand or two?"
"Two if he lives to see it—nothing if he doesn't."
"A bargain it is."