"Who?" asked the captain.
"Maester Leicester," replied Job.
"I thought so," said the captain, beckoning Job to come farther under the shadow of the ruined arches. "I thought so, Job; it was to speak of him I wanted you here."
He then recounted his adventures of the preceding night after parting from Job and Willie, concluding, emphatically:
"So, if Leicester Dodson has not already discovered the secret, he will do so before many hours are past, to be sure."
Job looked as grave as the captain could desire.
"It's an orkard thing," he muttered. "Who'd 'a' thought as Maester Leicester would 'a' taken the trouble to go looking about after anything? Nobody must interfere, whether it be Maester Leicester or any one else. What I'm grieved at is that it should be him."
"But, bein' him, what then?" asked the captain.
"Why, we'll have to——"
Job paused.