“And you pay only where you owe? Just, but hardly amiable. Well, you owe me nothing—but—will you do it for me?”
“Yes.”
“Without even knowing what it is?”
“Yes.”
“In return you shall have your heart’s desire.”
“Doubted.”
“Isn’t the dearest wish of your soul to drive me out of Caracuña?”
“Hum! Well—er—yes. Yes; of course it is.”
“Very well. If you can get dad’s message on the wire to Washington, he thinks the Secretary of State, who is his friend, can reach the Dutch and have them open up the blockade for us.”
“Time apparently meaning nothing to him.”