"I am afraid not."
"Then let us put an end to it."
"How?"
"Will you agree to join us?"
"I cannot answer that until I know what is proposed."
"If you do not want to join, you will not betray us?"
"What do you think of me? Have I ever been a sneak?"
"No, colonel, but the scheme is a desperate one."
"What is it?"
"To seize the ship and then take her into port as a captured vessel."