Green laughed quietly for a moment before replying. Then:
“They told you that, did they?”
Ned nodded. He wanted to jump into the subject without waiting for Green to have his say, for he was greatly interested, but prudence told him to listen to the forester first.
“Yes,” he said. “They told me that.”
“Also that they were foresters—the men who told the story about the Chinks, I mean?”
“Yes, one of them claimed to be in charge of this district.”
“Well, you know better than that now, so there is no use in talking about that. You saw some of the Chinks?”
“Certainly. I even had the honor of visiting their residence.”
Frank laughed, wondering what sort of a story Ned would have to tell him when they were alone again.
“It is a wonder you ever got out again,” Green said.