They walked past the bamboo addition and to the grove of trees Aleck had mentioned. There they found the Frenchman in conversation with Captain Villaire.
"You wish to see me?" demanded Randolph Rover.
"Very much," answered Villaire in French. "If You are Mr.
Randolph Rover, are you not?"
"I am."
"And this is one of your nephews?"
"Yes."
"I believe you are hunting for the young man's father?" went on
Villaire.
"We are. Do you know anything of him?" demanded Randolph Rover eagerly.
"I do. He sent me to you."
"He sent you!" cried Randolph Rover in amazement. "He is, then, alive?"