Пятнадцатилетний капитан

           Weldon—yourhusband,towhomIdonotwishsimplytorestorehiswife,hischild,andhiscousin,buttosellthem,and,atahighprice."

           Mrs.WeldonaskedherselfifNegorowasnotsettingatrapforher.However,shebelievedhewasspeakingseriously.Toawretchtowhommoneyiseverything,itseemsthatwecantrust,whenbusinessisinquestion.Now,thiswasbusiness.

           "Andwhendoyouproposetomakethisbusinessoperation?"returned

           Mrs.Weldon.

           "Assoonaspossible."

           "Where?"

           "Justhere.CertainlyJamesWeldonwillnothesitatetocomeasfaras

           Kazoundeforhiswifeandson."

           "No,hewillnothesitate.Butwhowilltellhim?"

           "I!IshallgotoSanFranciscotofindJamesWeldon.Ihavemoneyenoughforthisvoyage."

           "Themoneystolenfromonboardthe’Pilgrim?’"

           "Yes,that,andmorebesides,"repliedNegoro,insolently."But,if

           Iwishtosellyousoon,Ialsowishtosellyouatahighprice.

           IthinkthatJamesWeldonwillnotregardahundredthousand

           dollars——"

           "Hewillnotregardthem,ifhecangivethem,"repliedMrs.Weldon,coldly."Onlymyhusband,towhomyouwillsay,doubtless,thatIamheldaprisoneratKazounde,inCentralAfrica——"

           "Precisely!"

           "Myhusbandwillnotbelieveyouwithoutproofs,andhewillnotbesoimprudentastocometoKazoundeonyourwordalone."

           "Hewillcomehere,"returnedNegoro,"ifIbringhimaletterwrittenbyyou,whichwilltellhimyoursituation,whichwilldescribemeasafaithfulservant,escapedfromthehandsofthesesavages."

           "Myhandshallneverwritethatletter!"Mrs