“Yes, yes!” he said, briskly, “but there is a stipulation.”
“Oh!”
“You must allow me and two of my men to go down with you while the gold is being taken up!”
Wade jotted this down.
“What else?” he asked.
“That’s all. What are you doing?”
“I am making a report to present to Mr. Reade. I will give him these terms and return with an answer as quickly as possible. Have no apprehension. He will be quite likely to accept the terms.”
Poole looked annoyed.
“I thought you came prepared to accept them?” he said.
“No, sir!” replied Wade, decisively. “Mr. Reade is the master of the submarine boat.”