"A bandit—why a bandit? That is essentially Spanish!"
Jarvis lit another cigarette.
"A king could command—a prince might request—a bandit generally seizes!"
"What?" and the woman emerged from the hauteur of the royal personality.
"That which a vassal can only admire!"
VIII
THE NEW PROFESSION
A knock on the door brought them both back to—the deck of the Mauretania, with terra firma not so far distant below!
"There he is now," she whispered nervously. "Who shall I say you are? And what?"