“You have nothing to fear as long as I remain in your hands.”
“You mean that you will not remain?”
“Yes.”
Arsène Lupin approached the Englishman and, placing his hand on the latter’s shoulder, said:
“Listen, monsieur; I am not in a humor to argue with you, and, unfortunately for you, you are not in a position to choose. So let us finish our business.”
“Very well.”
“You are going to give me your word of honor that you will not try to escape from this boat until you arrive in English waters.”
“I give you my word of honor that I shall escape if I have an opportunity,” replied the indomitable Sholmes.
“But, sapristi! you know quite well that at a word from me you would soon be rendered helpless. All these men will obey me blindly. At a sign from me they would place you in irons——”
“Irons can be broken.”