“If he don’t,� he continued, “I’ll use this gun. I think he’s yellow when it comes to a scare.�
“The cabin door may be locked.�
“You go and knock. Tell him who it is. I’ll break
in as soon as he opens the door. You can stand guard while I get the glasses. Afterwards doesn’t matter. It’s now or never, Saidee! My freedom may depend on getting those glasses. Something is going to happen on this ship. They’re looking very sharply for me, and you know what that means.�
“Dartmoor?�
“Yes! Sir Richard and his jackals have picked up the trail. They could hardly miss it. We were careless at Arendal. We booked passage on this ship, after showing the silver greyhound. Any clerk would remember this.� Fay fingered the insignia on his left lapel. “There’s not many like it,� he added.
“Take it off.�
“No, I’ll stick to it. It may serve, yet.�
She glanced forward along the deck. Turning toward him, she said:
“I have a few of the cards with me. The Russian tore up a deck in his rage at losing. I’ll lead the way to the cabin. When I cough—you come.â€�