"It's his money, though—the grinding young miser—and may he whistle till he gets it," said Thurstan.
"Oh, yes, you're a pretty pack of wise asses, you are," said Jacob, bitterly. "Money thrown away, is it? You've never been so near to your fortune in your life."
"How is that?" asked the other five at once.
"How is it that Red Jason has gone to prison? For threatening Michael Sunlocks? Very likely," said Jacob, with a curl of the lip.
"What then?" said John.
"For threatening herself," said Jacob. "She has lied about it."
"And what if she has? Where's our account in that?" said Asher.
"Where? Why, with her husband," said Jacob, and four distinct whistles answered him.
"You go bail Michael Sunlocks knows less than we know," Jacob added, "and maybe we might tell him something that would be worth a trifle."
"What's that?" asked John.