"He stirred in his sleep. If I had moved about much, or opened the door, it would have waked him up."
"You are a coward," sneered Rudolph. "When I was of your age, I wouldn't have given up a job so easily. Such men sleep sound. No matter if they do move about, they won't wake up. If you had had a little more courage, we should have succeeded last night in capturing the money."
"I wish you'd give it up, Rudolph," said Tony, earnestly.
"You don't know what you're talking about," said the tramp, harshly. "You're a milksop. The world owes us a living, and we must call for it."
"I'd rather work than steal."
"There's no work to be had, and we must have money. More depends on it than you think. But we've got one more night to work in."
"What do you mean to do?" asked Tony, uneasily.
"Thanks to my management, you will sleep in the same room to-night. Look round the house during the day; see if the key's in the desk. If you can get hold of the money, all the better. In that case, come and hide it in that hollow tree, and we can secure it after the hue and cry is over. Do you hear?"
"Yes."