"Suppose we dropped the last of our money ?" Remington asked.

"No worse than crawling back to England like whipped curs, poorer than we set out," said the other.

Remington said he didn't want to go back to England like that, but he'd sooner face it than run the risk of being stranded in that hell of a place.

Turold answered he was not going back till he'd made a fortune.

He said (Thalassa remembered his exact words): "I don't care how I do it, Remington, but I will do it--mark my words." "Show me a more sensible plan than this, and I'm with you," Remington had replied.
It was at this stage that Thalassa was seized with an inclination to thrust himself into the dialogue.