"Sort of a one-hog path, I guess. It looks all right."
"All right." Roger gathered their bags from the stinking hole forward and followed.
"Now," he said, turning to the men on the boat, "we don't want to leave you with any hard feelings. We'll pay for our ride. Will ten dollars be about right?"
He plucked two five-dollar bills off a roll and handed one each to the scarred man and the captain.
"Hey!" called the latter. "You won't say anything about being on this boat to anybody?"
"Not if it will be a favor not to. I'm not particularly proud of sneaking a ride."
"We won't say anything if you don't."
"I thought you wouldn't. Now you just lay up here for half an hour and don't try to pass us. Business is business and I'm playing safe. So long."
There was no reply. The crew on the boat watched silently as the pair marched out of sight.