“It depends whether he will wait till I get some more passengers or not.”
“He is pressed for time,” Will said; “what will you run him over for alone?”
“Fifty pounds,” the man said. Will thought it advisable not to appear to jump at the offer.
“That is rather stiff,” he said; “I should think thirty-five would be ample.”
“It seems a good sum,” the man said; “but you see there are dangers. I might be overhauled by a British cruiser.”
“You might,” Will said; “but when they learned your business they would not interfere with you.”
“Then there are the port authorities,” the man said.
“Yes, but a few francs would prevent them from asking inconvenient questions. Besides, my friend is not a royalist, he is only going over to see his friends.”
“Well, we will say thirty-five,” the man said with a smile. “When will you want to start?”
“He doesn’t care whether he sails this evening or to-morrow morning.”