"I know many, but Don Felix's symptoms are strange," said Father Sebastian, quietly.
Marston asked him about the symptoms and carefully noted his answers. Then he remarked: "I don't altogether understand why the boys left him."
"They were afraid. In this country, it is rash to help a victim of Voodoo."
"But they are your people; I mean, they belong to your flock."
"They are human and one must not expect too much from men who have long walked in the gloom. The old gods are powerful."
"The Obeah gods are devils!" Marston declared with an anger that rather surprised himself.
Father Sebastian glanced at the surrounding dark, in which blurred trees vaguely loomed.
"It is possible there are devils yonder. Things are done they would approve," he remarked quietly.
"I understand the Bat is Don Felix's enemy. Do you think he poisoned him?"
"I do not know. Perhaps we shall never know. In this country, many people are poisoned."