"That is strange," the Canadian muttered.
There was a rather lengthened silence; Tranquil was deep in thought, and was evidently seeking the solution of a problem, which appeared to him very difficult to solve.
At length he raised his head.
"Is that all you have to tell me?" he asked the girl; "up to the present I see nothing very extraordinary in all you have told me."
"Wait a while," she said.
"Then you have not finished yet?"
"Not yet."
"Very good—go on."
"Although the Jaguar spoke in a low voice with these men, through some words I overheard, without wishing to do so, I assure you, father—"
"I am fully persuaded of that. What did you guess from these few words?"