Why, he's bought forty pounds of goods from you already.

That's why he wants to sign on a new batch of boys with us, and I'll bet he's hoping half of them die so's he can have the spending of their wages." All of which was most reasonable.

Nevertheless, Van Horn shook his head.
"All the same keep your eyes sharp on everything," he cautioned.

"And remember, the two of us mustn't ever be below at the same time.

And no more schnapps, mind, until we're clear of the whole kit and caboodle." Bashti was incredibly lean and prodigiously old.