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`` Well , that is sooner than I wish to arrive , '' added Mr. Sherwood thoughtfully . `` I shall have ten thousand dollars in gold with me , which , at the present rate , is worth about twenty-five thousand dollars in currency . It would be a great temptation to any rogues , who might find out the specie was on board . How would it do to start from Port Rock at midnight ? '' `` It will do just as well , sir . '' `` Then I shall reach Whitehall just in time for the train . But , Lawry , I see that you must have another pilot on board . ''