"I don't see why we can't do it Saturday night. We can easily overpower young Hoffman. As for Julius, he'll be asleep. Of course, he mustn't know of our change of plan."
"If you think it best," said Morgan in a tone of indecision; "but I'm almost sure I can trust the boy."
"I trust nobody," said Marlowe. "I wouldn't trust my own brother, if he had an interest in goin' against me."
"Do you trust me?" asked Jack, smiling.
"Yes, I trust you, for we are both in the same boat. It wouldn't do you any good to betray me."
"Yes, we're both in the same boat, but you're steerin'. Well, Marlowe, just make your plans, and count me in. You always had a better headpiece than I."
"Then Saturday night let it be. To-day's Thursday."
"Then we have only two days to get ready."
"It will do."
"We'll lock the boy in that night, so he can't make mischief if he wakes up and finds that we are gone."