"Not so much as you might think," I asserted. "Have I the look of
one who would fail in a desperate venture?"
"No, no," he answered smilingly. "So be it, then. But the truce
holds good only for the period of our voyage together?"
"That is understood," I agreed.
His eyes hardened.
"Did you ever hear of the Red Death and the Black Death, Master
Ormerod!"