When there was quietness again, he glanced at Winston, who still sat at the foot of the table.
"Have you anything more to tell us ?" he asked.

"These gentlemen are here to advise me if necessary." "Yes," said Winston quietly.

"I shall probably leave Silverdale before morning, and have now to hand you a statement of my agreement with Courthorne and the result of my farming here, drawn up by a Winnipeg accountant.

Here is also a document in which I have taken the liberty of making you and Dane my assigns.

You will, as authorized by it, pay to Courthorne the sum due to him, and with your consent, which you have power to withhold, I purpose taking one thousand dollars only of the balance that remains to me.