[It’s not quite the glint of Spanish doubloons, but money is money and Edward’s willing to take it.]
More than agreeable. And if I’m unable to return with your umbrella, I’ll give the half back to you. [He means it.] I’ll see what I can do for your knife, but I can’t guarantee I’ll bring that back too.
[He does mean to at least give it a good try, though.
As for the cliff-throwing, he barely bats an eye. Edward’s thrown himself off much higher and come out of the haystack perfectly fine, so he assumes that’s the case here too.]
What scoundrels, [he says, having done basically the exact same thing to innumerable ships across the West Indies.] I’ll make sure they won’t be able to steal your umbrella again.
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More than agreeable. And if I’m unable to return with your umbrella, I’ll give the half back to you. [He means it.] I’ll see what I can do for your knife, but I can’t guarantee I’ll bring that back too.
[He does mean to at least give it a good try, though.
As for the cliff-throwing, he barely bats an eye. Edward’s thrown himself off much higher and come out of the haystack perfectly fine, so he assumes that’s the case here too.]
What scoundrels, [he says, having done basically the exact same thing to innumerable ships across the West Indies.] I’ll make sure they won’t be able to steal your umbrella again.
[Or anyone else’s belongings, for that matter.]