I say it rests with you whether they do it or not.

There's only one other way of meeting the case." "What's that ?" "Be in it yourself, man! Come in with me and split my share!" I could have burst out laughing in his handsome, eager face; the good faith of this absurd proposal was so incongruously apparent; and so obviously genuine was the young villain's anxiety for my consent.

Become accessory after the fact in such a crime! Sell my silence for a price! I concealed my feelings with equal difficulty and resolution.

I had plans of my own already, but I must gain time to think them over.

Nor could I afford to quarrel with Rattray meanwhile.
"What was the haul ?" I asked him, with the air of one not unprepared to consider the matter.
"Twelve thousand ounces!" "Forty-eight thousand pounds, about ?" "Yes-yes." "And your share ?" "Fourteen thousand pounds.