Here the boys had a long discussion about the promise Perry had made in the boat; after which they waited for an opportunity.
Meanwhile, as the two gentlemen sat chatting over their cigarettes, Captain Norton, a frank, genial, soldierly-looking man, said:
“So you mean to take all the risks?”
“Risks!” said the colonel, turning his keen eyes upon the speaker, as he let the smoke from his cigarette curl up toward the ceiling. “You an old soldier, and ask that?”
“Yes,” said Captain Norton. “I have been here a long time now, and know something of the country.”
“Are the risks so very great, then?”
“To an ordinary traveller—no: to a man going with some special object or search—yes.”
“I did nut say that I was going on a special search,” said Colonel Campion quickly.
“No, but everything points to it; and as you came to me with letters of introduction from an old friend and brother-officer, I receive you as my friend, and treat you as I would a brother.”
Real Gold: A Story of Adventure
George Manville Fenn • Papersense
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