"Yes."
"Do you wish to meet them?" questioned Herman Wenrich. "If so, I have no objection."
"I would like to hear what they have to say, sir."
"You can go into the back bedroom, if you wish."
The idea struck Robert as a good one, and while Nettie went below to let the visitors in our hero entered the rear apartment, leaving the door open several inches.
Soon he heard Hammerditch and Le Fevre ascending the stairs.
"Good-morning," said both, as they came in and sat down close to Herman Wenrich's bedside.
"Good-morning," replied the old lumberman shortly.
"Well, I trust you have decided to sell us the map," continued the Englishman.
"I have decided not to do so."