You take me ?" So well did Blood take him that within an hour he contrived to see Nuttall, and found the fellow as disposed to the business as Dr.Whacker had predicted.

When he left the shipwright, it was agreed that Nuttall should seek the boat required, for which Blood would at once produce the money.
The quest took longer than was expected by Blood, who waited impatiently with the doctor's gold concealed about his person.

But at the end of some three weeks, Nuttall--whom he was now meeting daily--informed him that he had found a serviceable wherry, and that its owner was disposed to sell it for twenty-two pounds.

That evening, on the beach, remote from all eyes, Peter Blood handed that sum to his new associate, and Nuttall went off with instructions to complete the purchase late on the following day.

He was to bring the boat to the wharf, where under cover of night Blood and his fellow-convicts would join him and make off.
Everything was ready.