"What sort of cash is that, father?" asked Benjy.
"You are the best linguist among us, Leo, tell him," said the Captain, turning to his nephew.
" _En cache_' is French forin hiding,'" returned Leo, with a laugh.
"Why do you speak French to Englishmen, father?" said Benjy in a pathetic tone, but with a pert look.
"'Cause the expression is a common one on this side the Atlantic, lad, and you ought to know it. Now, don't interrupt me again. Well, having placed the cargo in security," (" En cache," muttered Benjy with a glance at Butterface.) "I shall rig up the sledges brought from England, load them with what we require, and follow up the Eskimos. You're sure, Anders, that you understood Chingatok's description of the place?"
The interpreter declared that he was quite sure.
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