Ambrose laid his proposal before Peter in anxious trepidation.

Peter earned the young man's lifelong gratitude by the promptness and heartiness of his response.
"You did right!" he cried with another clap on the back.

"It will be a fine adventure! We'll go into Fort Enterprise and make a killing! We'll buy all the grain in sight!" "It's a big weight to swing," murmured Ambrose.
"Sure!" cried Peter.

"But no man would refuse it.

What if it does break us?
We're young.