"I didn't ask you any such impertinent questions, and you will excuse me from answering, at least till we get our minds made up in regard to our intentions. Bring in the other pirates, Sanderson," I continued.
The old sailor followed the steward, who carried the lantern, and I was left alone with my great enemy.
"You have got the better of me again, Phil," said he, in a milder tone.
"I know it."
"I should like to make a trade with you."
"You can't do it."
"Why not?"
"Because I will make no bargains with a man like you—with a pirate."
"Don't use hard words. There is a great deal of money on board, and you don't know the men who are doing this thing with you."
"Yes, I do. I know them better than you do, or you never would have shipped them on a piratical voyage."