( Drip and drip, trick and trickle, it seems awfully as if they've reached their understanding. An adventurer, well, then. Damn her, if she dies before she returns Artemius Bale his gain.

And he'll make it, off her back and her patience. He'll reap it thick and righteous. )

A good lady should be meeting her friends. ( Then, with a wave of his cup: ) We'll make it happen for'er.

( He will, he'll do that. And he nods along where his man stands, his second mate, ever present with his papers and bookkeeping, with his observations. Make another ledger tonight, that he will. )

And you'll me the favour of'em answers, when I write. We're in agreement.

( No negotiation here. No compromise. ) What do you need?