"But do you mean you found him with no clothes on right out at sea?"
"No; close under the cliffs."
"Did you see him fall into the water?"
"We heard a cry, and picked him up shortly afterwards," said the lieutenant, rather evasively, Mr Drummond thought.
"However, the main thing is that he will recover all right. You can rest assured he is being well looked after."
"I'd like to know more about this," said Mr Drummond with an air of determination.
"So would we," said Topham drily, "and I'd just like to ask you one or two questions, if I may. Mr Burnett was on his way to the Windy Islands, I believe?"
"He was. He had got all his papers and everything ready to start to-night."
"You feel sure of that?"
"He wrote and told me so himself."