You cannot go back, so you must act like ze man now." "Then you are going to take us away ?" cried Vince.
"I 'ave take you avay, my boy, and I sall not let you go back till I no longer vant ze cavern store, and ze safe place to hide.

Zen you may go back--if you like." "What do you mean by that ?" said Vince quickly.
"Vat I say: if you like.

I sink by zat time you bose say to me, `_Non_, Monsieur Jacques, ve do not vant to go.' Now I talk no more.

Down vis you!" "Only tell us one thing," said Vince: "where are you going to take us ?" "I tell you ven I can," said the captain.
"What do you mean by that ?" cried Mike excitedly.
"Vat I say.

I do not know." He pressed them towards the hatchway, and they descended, feeling that they could do nothing else, while the captain followed and opened a door opposite to that of the cabin.
"Zere," he said.