"Then you can let him wait," he said.

"This deal will pay you better.

You can put your own price on it." Alton's eyelids came down a little, and the stranger seemed to find his glance disconcerting.

"You don't seem to understand.

I promised the other man to bring up his things," he said.
"Well," said Hallam, "come along into the shanty yonder, and have a drink with me.