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"In a month." "And on what raging ocean has Mr. Kolderup decided that his vessel should bear his nephew and me?" "The Pacific, at first." "And on what point of the terrestrial globe shall I first set foot?" "On the soil of New Zealand," answered William W. Kolderup; "I have remarked that the New Zealanders always stick their elbows out! Now you can teach them to turn them in!"
"You will go!" answered William W. Kolderup like a a man with whom discussion was useless. To refuse was impossible. Tartlet did not even think of such a thing. What was he in the house? A thing, a parcel, a package to be sent to every corner of the world. But the projected expedition troubled him not a little. "And when am I to start?" demanded he, trying to get back into an academical position.
Notwithstanding his efforts, his threats, and his libels, not to mention the millions of dollars squandered by his electoral courtiers, it was William W. Kolderup who sat in his seat in the Legislative Council of Sacramento. J. R. Taskinar had learnt how, I cannot tell that it was the intention of William W. Kolderup to acquire possession of Spencer Island.
Captain Turcott, never fear, would not find it difficult to pay the expenses of the voyage! Godfrey Morgan's whim would not cost the avuncular purse a single dollar! That is the way they do business in the best commercial houses! All this was decided at long, very secret interviews between William W. Kolderup and Captain Turcott.
William W. Kolderup had returned to his mansion in Montgomery Street. This thoroughfare is the Regent Street, the Broadway, the Boulevard des Italiens of San Francisco.
William W. Kolderup had turned towards J. R. Taskinar. The bystanders moved back, so as to allow the adversaries to behold each other. The man of Stockton and the man of San Francisco were face to face, mutually staring, at their ease. Truth compels me to state that they made the most of the opportunity. Never would one of them consent to lower his eyes before those of his rival.
Quite a stock of live animals, agouties, sheep, goats, poultry, &c., were stowed between decks, the material wants of the travellers were likewise provided for by numerous cases of preserved meats of the best brands. The route the Dream was to follow had doubtless been the subject of the long conferences which William W. Kolderup had had with his captain.
"He is sufficient for himself, and he wants no one!" And thereupon this eccentric individual bowed to William W. Kolderup, landed, and disappeared. "That is the stuff they make real Crusoes of!" observed Uncle Will. "Look at him and see if you are like him! It does not matter, the English race would do no good by absorbing fellows of that stamp!"
Phlegmatic, methodic, and by no means communicative, he carefully avoided the seamen, who had always some prank to play off on him, and he kept to his own provisions. He was thin enough in all conscience, and his additional weight but imperceptibly added to the cost of navigating the Dream. If Seng Vou got a free passage it was obvious that his carriage did not cost William W. Kolderup very much.
"But," said William W. Kolderup at last, "you have not remained six months in the hold, I suppose?" "No!" answered Seng Vou. "Where have you been, then?" "On the island!" "You!" exclaimed Godfrey. "Yes." "Then the smoke?" "A man must have a fire!" "And you did not attempt to come to us, to share our living?" "A Chinaman likes to live alone," quietly replied Seng Vou.
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