“Do you want me to put all this in the log?”
“No, certainly not! I want you to keep quiet about it—in the event that the dispatches are recovered. If they’re not found, then—then—well, everything will have to come out.”
“Were the dispatches important?”
“They must have been, or they would have been sent by mail and not intrusted to me.”
“What does the Jap want with them?”
“Probably it’s a play for money. That’s the way I size it up.”
“But he pulled out of La Guayra. If he had wanted money he would have hidden himself away in that place and opened negotiations with you.”
“The chink says Tolo has gone to Para. That may mean that he is intending to open negotiations with Brigham. Great Scott! We’ve got to get away from here in short order. Can’t you start for Brazil at once?”
“I had planned to lay over here for the rest of the day, and to-night——”