If Hanz and that quarrelsome Yankee have got their heads together, then the devil will get cheated out of Kidd's money.

Sarves him right, too.

Now them two is after Kidd's money.

Always knew old Hanz could tell where it was." The inn-keeper and his friends now returned to the inn and discussed the matter over warm punch until nearly midnight, or until their wits became so confused that the four men in the boat increased to forty.

In short, Nyack waked up on the following morning to find herself filled with the wildest reports concerning this midnight expedition and its object.
The little boat moved on steadily up the stream, her sturdy oarsmen pulling at a measured stroke through the bewildering fog.