"Yes, sir; this brigantine is called the Chameleon; Blue Beard recently placed it, very generously, at my service (through the mediation of Monsieur Morris, her man of business), to give chase to a Spanish pirate, and there is an old filibuster of a captain called Hurricane, who commands the vessel——"
"We will speak of this filibuster later, sir, but this pirate——"
"Was sunk in the Rivière des Saints."
"To return to this filibuster, baron; he frequents the house of Blue Beard?"
"Yes, sir."
"As much so as another bad fellow, a buccaneer by trade?"
"Yes, sir," said the baron in a dry tone, resolved to confine himself to the secondary rôle which De Chemerant imposed upon him.
"A Caribbean also is often there?"
"Yes, sir."
"The presence of these men in the island is of how recent date?"