“No, no, in quite annudder sheep.”
“That will do capitally, skipper,” said Captain Link, “but you must let us know the day and the hour as near as possible.”
“I do all dat, nevare fear. I vire you or write by poste. Au revoir,” said the Frenchman, as he pocketed the ten pounds.
“Your name, I think, skipper, is Captain Ami?”
“Oui; Poste Restant, Dieppe.”
“All right,” said Harry Goodall. “Well, remember the ninety pounds shall be forthcoming on your carrying out our bargain.”
“Vill dis veek suit you?”
“Certainly; the sooner the better. You had better address to Captain Link, the Retriever, Cherbourg Harbour. Adieu!”
CHAPTER XXI
RECONCILIATION AND RETROSPECTION
Although the letter from Mr William Goodall to Squire Dove, in which the merchant promised to visit them, proved consoling at Wedwell Hall, still the fate of the aeronauts was the great engrossing topic that grew in intensity hour after hour, so that reports of the vaguest kind were eagerly caught at by the gamekeeper and Lucy, who knew how deeply Miss Dove especially was concerned about Harry Goodall; nor was Lucy herself much less anxious as to Trigger, so that she took every opportunity of acquiring each scrap of information that she could gather, both as to where the balloon had descended and whether Croft had been arrested or any information had been obtained as to his whereabouts.