Sentence:  “She must be exceedingly clever to have beaten the police the way she has for the last few years; and—er—I worship at the shrine of cleverness—especially if it be a woman's. The idea struck me last night that if she and I should—er—<WSD>pool</WSD> our resources, we should not have to complain of the reward.” / “Oh, so youse wants to work wid her, eh?” sniffed Rhoda Gray. “So dat's it, is it?” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.