Two hundred each for the skipper and myself," answered Otway promptly.
"Done. You shall have it."
"When?"
"Give me till to-morrow afternoon. I've only a hundred and fifty pounds with me, and I'll have to raise the rest."
"Very well, it's a deal. But mind, you'll have to take care to be here before the parson. He's coming off at eleven o'clock."
"Trust me for that, gentlemen."
"I'm sorry for his wife," said Otway meditatively.
O'Donovan grinned. "Ah, I haven't told you the yarn—she's not his wife! She bolted from her husband, who is a big swell in Auckland, a Mr.——."
"How did you get on their tracks?"
"Sydney police found out that two people answering their description had sailed for the Islands in the Tucopia , and cabled over to us. We thought they had lit out for America. I only got here the day before yesterday in the Ryno , from Auckland."