"It simply cannot be true, William Marshall."
Bill laughed recklessly.
"Why, if you'd ever seen Pete Stearns——"
"Peter who?"
"Stearns."
Aunt Caroline was sniffing, as though she scented danger.
"What Stearns?" she demanded.
"Oh, you know 'em, all right, Aunt Caroline."
She seized Bill by the arm and backed him against the rail.