"Do you mean to keep me in this dark hole a week?" asked Jasper, unable to repress a shudder.
"Ha! that disturbs you, does it?" asked the other, smiling sardonically.
"Yes, it does. You don't think I fancy it, do you?"
"Well, you know the way to end your imprisonment."
"Is there only one way?"
"There's only one way. Tell the old man, Nathan, when you've made up your mind to accept my offer."
Without waiting for a reply Jack pushed the sliding-door in its place, and once more Jasper found himself in the dark.
AN UNEXPECTED FRIEND.
Three days and nights passed, and Jasper was still in confinement. Three times a day Nathan came to bring him his meals. Each time he asked our hero: