"So we have."
"That makes you as guilty as if you did the work of smuggling yourself."
"So I presume. We connived the trick, for our own benefit, to cheat the Custom House. We ain't denying that. In fact, it's going to be a big thing for us. Now, we don't wish to be pestered with your persecutions any longer."
"I don't see how you can help yourself."
"We do."
"How?"
"Name your price to quit."
"You mean to bribe us off, eh?"
"That's about the size of it."
"We are not to be bought."