The young men were served with their beer at five shillings a bottle, and sat down in a corner to drink it.

They talked as they sipped, and Thalassa listened.

His original idea that they were young men of wealth (because of the Bass) was soon dispersed by the trend of their conversation.

They had gone out from England to make their fortunes on the fields, but had come a cropper like himself, and were discussing what they'd do next.

The fair-haired one, Remington, was all for getting back to England while they had any money left, but Turold was dead against it.