Judging from the story told to him by Verschoyle, and the extracts from Mrs. Dexter's diary, Ronald thought this doubtful, but restrained his desire to give an opinion on that point.
"Did Mrs. Verschoyle come on board, the night the 'Neptune' left Malta?"
Vassalla glanced keenly at him.
"Why should she?"
"To see you and Miss Cotoner off."
"Suppose she did come on board?"
"She might have seen her husband."
"Impossible! She did not know he was on board."
"Yes, she did. Verschoyle told me he met her in Valletta on that day."
Vassalla drummed quickly in an annoyed manner on the table with his fingers, then answered abruptly,