Ramos bowed deferentially.
"You know these men, miss?"
The girl and Payne looked at one another a long while. At last she turned resolutely to Ramos.
"Yes; I know them."
"My orders——"
"That's all right, Ramos, I know them."
"Perhaps you will tell me who they are?"
"Perhaps."
"Ah! Yes. Perhaps. Mrs. Livingstone called me. She did not know these men."
"I do. And I scarcely know you at all, Ramos. What are you; what is your job round here?"