'See here, Dave. Early morning, Thursday, we start south.'
'Suppose it wouldn't make such a lot of difference, anyway.'
'Course it won't. You don't get me for a passenger every trip, Dave.'
'That's so. There'll be another beside you, though.'
'Who? There's nobody round here, far as I know.'
'Someone's going all the same. She's under my protection, too.'
'She! it's never Menotah?
Dave nodded. 'Mrs Spencer that's going to be.'
'You're fooling, Dave. She hasn't got the stuff to pay her passage.'
'We've fixed that. Tell you, I'm looking after her.'