Oh, that part's easy! I assured him. The fitting-out part you can safely leave to me. I assumed a confidence that I hoped he might believe was real. There's always a tramp steamer in the Erie Basin, I said, that one can charter for any kind of adventure, and ı have the Addresses of enough soldiers of fortune, filibusters and professional revolutionists to man a barrle-ship all fine fellows in a tight corner. And I'll promise you they'll follow us to hell and back.