When the messenger departed Reuben turned to Kit Carson and said: “That man looks enough like Jean Badeau to be his own brother.”
“Who is Jean Badeau?”
“Why, he’s the trapper that I came with from St. Louis.”
“The one you lost in the camp when we first saw you?”
“Yes.”
“Are you sure he isn’t the same man?”
“No, I am not sure, and that’s just the trouble. Of course it is some time since I saw him.”
“Don’t you know his voice?”
“His voice certainly sounded like Jean’s.”
“Why didn’t you ask him if he is Jean?”