"What will you give?" said one of the men, in a dubious tone of voice.
"Name your price," said Todd, "and I will give it. I know you will not be unreasonable with me."
"Will you give half a guinea?" said the other.
"Yes, for I am foot-weary."
"Jump up, then, and we will soon take you to Gravesend. You ain't many miles off from it now by the near cuts that we know. Come on."
Todd managed to scramble into the cart, and the man who was driving gave the horse an impulse forward, and away they went at a good pace.
Todd began to feel a little easier in his mind now, for the quick motion of the cart in the direction that he wished to go in was most satisfactory to him. He felt quite delighted in a little time, when one of the men pointing ahead, cried out—
"There's the first houses in Gravesend, if you really want to go there."
"Really," said Todd. "Indeed I do. Can you tell me what vessels are off the Port?"
"Perhaps we can, and perhaps we can't, old fellow; but we will have some talk about that soon. Ha! ha!"