“Mebbe yeour right, Frank. Yeou ’most alwus be, but somethin’ kainder tells me we’ll have more trouble with Mister Mustaf and Mister Ahmet.”
“I could not go away without making another attempt to see that mysterious girl. Something tells me she is in serious trouble. Besides that, my curiosity is aroused, and I must know how she learned my name. It is possible I have met her before. More than that, I have thought of another possibility.”
“What is it?”
“She spoke perfect English.”
“Yes.”
“Which is remarkable, as everything indicated she could not be more than sixteen or seventeen.”
“Wal?”
“Moorish girls of that age are not likely to have opportunities to learn the English language.”
“I s’pose not.”
“Can’t you see what I am driving at?”