“Are you willing to go down the mine as far as you can go, Mr Trethick—I mean for water—and to see what tokens you can find of tin ore?”
“Yes,” said Geoffrey, “I’ll go down again if you like.”
“Again?”
“Yes; I’ve been down as far as I could go.”
“You have, Mr Trethick?”
“Yes, sir,” said Geoffrey, smiling, “I have.”
“But right down to the water?”
“Right down into it, sir,” replied Geoffrey, laughing. “I had a regular ducking, for my companion let the rope slip.”
“Do you mean to tell me, Mr Trethick, that you made the descent of Wheal Carnac?”
“To be sure I do, sir. Look here, Mr Penwynn, I took rather a fancy to that place. Every thing is so thorough and well done. Then I met with a rough mining fellow, one Amos Pengelly. Know him?”