“Who said we were millionaires?”
“All English and American signors are rich.”
“How are we to get the money to pay you? You, or your friends, rather, have taken all we have.”
“You can get some from your bankers in Naples.”
“You seem to have got our affairs down fine. Well, let us go to Naples—you can go with us if you like—and we’ll, see whether our bankers will let us have the money.”
“The signor takes us for fools.”
Here Mr. Cunningham thought it time to interfere, as the American was likely to anger their captors and upset all negotiations.
“Even if we have money,” he said, “it would probably be necessary for us to see our bankers. They do not know us, and might not give the money to a messenger.”
“Just what I said,” put in Mr. Sanderson.
The bandits conferred together, and then the interpreter spoke again.