"He admitted he knew the cities."
"That is so. He saw I was on his track and he mustn't bluff. If I'd met Wolf in the United States, I mightn't have been prejudiced, but I met him at Grand Canary, starting a trade with Spanish Africa. I reckon the Spaniards are sore about Morocco. At the grab-game, France and Britain scooped the pool; Germany and Spain got stung. Anyhow, I've no use for taking a part in world politics, and when Musgrave has gone a voyage or two in Mossamedes I'll try to get him off the ship."
"I wonder whether you know Jacinta sent him on board?"
Jefferson smiled. "Does Jacinta trust Wolf? Talk to her about the deal, and if she approves I'll come in."
"Very well," said Austin, and they started for the town.
When Jefferson returned to his office a clerk brought in a note. "From Don Enrique, sir."
Jefferson opened the envelope and laughed, for the note ran: "Nothing doing in camels. Jacinta does not approve."
"Sometimes a woman's judgment is sound, Miss Jordan," he remarked. "Mrs. Austin doesn't know all I know, but she gets where I get, and I think she got there first."
"It is strange," Betty said quietly.
"One doesn't know when you're amused and when you're not," Jefferson rejoined. "However, I want you to send Wolf a note."