But in this affair you are to be the leader of the fighting column.

You will, of course, have carte blanche." Oscard nodded.
"I suppose," he said, after a pause, "that there is the question of money ?" "Yes; Meredith and I have talked that over.

The plan we fixed upon was that you and he each put a thousand pounds into it; I put five hundred.
For the first two years we share the profits equally.

After that we must come to some fresh arrangement, should you or Meredith wish to give up an active part in the affair.

I presume you would not object to coming up at the end of a year, with a handy squad of men to bring down the crop under escort ?" "No," replied Oscard, after a moment's reflection.