“Then you want to get some more?” said the captain, smiling.
“More?” said Briscoe, staring; “why, man, it would be a sin to leave that treasure wasting there. What do you say, gentlemen?”
“Well,” said Sir Humphrey, “I can’t help feeling as you do, Briscoe. What do you say, Brace?”
“I don’t want any more gold,” was the reply; “but I should like to get those curiosities to England. It would be such a shame to leave them up there.”
“And so say we,” said Dellow and Lynton eagerly.
“But what about the men?” said Brace; “would they go?”
“Would a dozen ducks swim, sir?” said the captain scornfully. “Ask ’em.”
The men were asked, and their answer was a tremendous cheer.
“Of course, sir,” one of them cried. “We must clear out the lot.”
“Very well,” said the captain. “I shall stay on board here with two men as guards, and you shall start with three boats to-morrow morning.”