They were to supply the money and intelligence in return for his knowledge, and they would share and share alike.
It was Robert Turold who ultimately settled the decision--winning over the reluctant Remington with words which Thalassa had never forgotten.

He also recognized the risk, but he thought it was well worth taking.

It seemed that the two had a little more than L200 left between them--just about enough to carry the thing through.

What was the use of returning to England with that paltry sum, he had asked.

He spoke of a girl--some girl who was waiting in England for Remington while he made his fortune abroad.
Was he going to go back to her penniless?
"Even if this doesn't turn out right," he went on, "we'll have reached another part of the world, with a fresh chance of making money, instead of being poor in England, that breeding-ground for tame rabbits, where poverty is the unforgiveable sin." "I liked him for those words," said Thalassa, "for they came from a man whose thoughts were after the style of my own.