"Tell me more about yourself."
"I may, on one condition."
"What is the condition?"
"Can I hope?"
"Hope in what manner?"
"That you will agree to save my brother, and—" The woman stopped short.
"Proceed, miss, you have another proviso."
"I have."
"State it."
"Can I hope that you will save my brother under any circumstances, and share the reward with me? for without my aid you cannot earn it. I should be entitled to at least one-half of the reward."