“Ther game’s up!” he groaned.
“Yes,” assented Frank. “All the lies you utter now will not avail you in the least. If I like I can take you away and put you in jail. But I will be easy with you.”
“Yes, yes!” eagerly said the captain.
“But only under one condition.”
“What is it?”
“You must give up the boy.”
A look of despair crossed the captain’s face.
Frank saw the expression, and began to feel uneasy.
He waited a few moments, and as the captain said nothing, he cried:
“Well, well! Why don’t you answer?”