We all agreed.
"I can come ashore," said Monty, "introduce you to officialdom, get you put up for the club, and be useful generally.

That, though, 'll lend color to the theory that you're in league with me--whereas, if I leave you to your own resources, that may help lose my scent.

When they pick it up again we'll be knowing better where we stand." "If you came ashore for a few hours we'd have the benefit of your prestige," said I.
"I admit it." "I suspect a title's mighty near as useful on British territory as in N'York or Boston," said Will.

"We'd bask in smiles." "Not wholly," said Monty.

"There's another side to that.