"Why?"
"The letters have not reached the consul, perhaps; they may have been intercepted."
"By whom?" was Jack's natural question.
"Can't say positively; possibly by Murray."
"Is it likely?"
"Is it not?"
"I don't see, unless he bought over the messenger."
"And what is more likely than that?" said Harry. "And if they have bought over one messenger, it is for good and all, not for a single letter, but for every scrap of paper you may send out of the prison, you may depend upon it."
This simple reasoning struck his hearers.
"Upon my life!" exclaimed Jack, "I believe Harry's right. We must tackle the governor."