“Then the desertion had nothing to do with me?”
“Yes, I told you we quarrelled about you. But I wish to see our course; will you let me study the map?”
“Yes, if you will assure me that their desertion bodes no danger.”
“Is Burgwan or Mademoiselle in charge of things here?”
“Will Burgwan answer Mademoiselle’s question? Why did those men say there was a price on my head?”
“It was all nonsense, of course.”
“But I wish to know. I have a right to know.”
“They said you had done something or other, and that they were to be paid handsomely for getting you to Maglai.”
“Do you know what they said?”
“Yes—that you had committed some crime.”