"You does, Tom."
"An' my father's bill is squared?"
"Ay."
"'Tis a bargain!" says Tom. "God witness!"
"Lads," says Pinch-a-Penny to the others in the rodney, "I calls you t' witness that I didn't ask Tom Lane for his seat in the boat. I isn't no coward. I've asked no man t' give up his life for me. This here bargain is a straight business deal. Business is business. 'Tis not my proposition. An' I calls you t' witness that I'm willin' t' pay what he asks. He've something for sale. I wants it. I've the money t' buy it. The price is his. I'll pay it." Then he turned to Tom. "You wants this money paid t' your wife, Tom?"
"Ay," says Tom, "t' Mary. She'll know why."
"Very good," says Pinch-a-Penny. "You've my word that I'll do it.... Wind's jumpin' up, Tom."
"I wants your oath. The wind will bide for that. Hold up your right hand."
Pinch-a-Penny shivered in a blast of the gale. "I swears," says he.
"Lads," says Tom, "you'll shame this man to his grave if he fails t' pay!"