"And the names of the members of your party, please?"
She gave him those, while he made a careful memorandum of each.
"And this man?" with a nod at the boatman.
"Sam."
"Sam what?"
"Merely Sam, so far as I know."
He looked at the boatman for further enlightenment.
"Sam merely," echoed that person.
Again there was a whispered conference aboard the second craft.
"Do you know a man named Schmidt?" asked the one in authority, speaking to the boatman.