“No.”
“Well, I was thinkin’ that mebbe there’s more opium hidden away here that we ain’t found.”
“Opium!”
“Well, we found one lot here. Why shouldn’t we find some more. Who’s to say that we found all there was stowed here?”
“They would have taken it away before this.”
“How could they? They didn’t dare come back while there was a chance of them Custom House fellers bein’ ’round. And lately we haven’t let this place out our sight.”
“That’s so,” replied Ben. “You think there’s more opium hidden somewhere round this furnace?”
“That’s it.”
“Well, I’ll take out those loose bricks in the morning—those on the side next the water, that we didn’t touch.”