“No; you pay at the end of the trip for all you have had,” replied the waif.
“But who keeps the account?” asked Scott.
“Nobody,” laughed Ole. “On the boats from Christiania every passenger tells what he has had, and pays for it.”
“Do they think everybody is honest?”
“Certainly; everybody is honest.”
“Not much,” added Sanford, shaking his head. “Of course you don’t pretend to be honest, Norway.”
“But I do.”
“You didn’t take a sovereign from me, and another from Burchmore—did you?”
“I take what you give me.”
“It may be honest, but I don’t see it in that light, Norway.”