Part 17 (1/2)
One of the two Torteval boys ventured on an observation:
”It isn't spirits: it is ladies dressed in white.”
”What's that hanging from the window?” asked the other.
”It looks like a rope.”
”It's a snake.”
”It is only a hangman's rope,” said the French boy, authoritatively.
”That's what they use. Only I don't believe in them.”
And in three bounds, rather than steps, he found himself against the wall of the building.
The two others, trembling, imitated him, and came pressing against him, one on his right side, the other on his left. The boys applied their ears to the wall. The sounds continued.
The following was the conversation of the phantoms:--
”Asi, entendido esta?”
”Entendido.”
”Dicho?”
”Dicho.”
”Aqui esperara un hombre, y podra marcha.r.s.e en Inglaterra con Blasquito.”
”Pagando?”
”So that is understood?”
”Perfectly.”
”As is arranged?”
”As is arranged.”
”A man will wait here, and can accompany Blasquito to England.”
”Paying the expense?”
”Pagando.”
”Blasquito tomara al hombre en su barca.”