"I'll tell you why,--because you're in my way. The deuce is in it if I haven't made the whole thing clear enough. I've told you all my plans because I thought you were my friend, and I've paid you well to help me, too; and yet it seems to me you'd do anything in your power to throw me over,--only you can't."
"What an ass you are," said the Captain after a pause; "just you listen to me. That scraggy young woman, Charlie Fairstairs, is to be there of course."
"How do you know?"
"I tell you that I do know. She was present when the whole thing was arranged, and I heard her asked, and heard her say that she would come;--and for the matter of that I heard her declare that she wouldn't set her cap at you, because you're a farmer."

asked Bellfield.
"Because you're in my way. I've made it clear enough. I've told you all my plans because I thought you were my friend, and I've paid you well to help me, too; and yet you do all you can to throw me over - only you can't."
"What an ass you are," said the Captain. "Just you listen to me. That scraggy young woman, Charlie Fairstairs, is to be there. She was present when the whole thing was arranged, and I heard her asked, and heard her say that she would come - and she declared that she wouldn't set her cap at you, because you're a farmer."
