"You see, it really makes no difference whether he is alive or dead."
"It does, though."
"To the man and his family, yes, but to 'Bob' as you call him, no."
"How do you reason that out?" asked Tempest.
The man was evidently fond of talking, and crossed his legs with an assumption of comfort as he spoke.
"We are at war, you admit that?"
"Certainly."
"Then, by the military code, for any one to enter an arsenal or navy yard without permission is to incur the fate of a spy. You know what that is?"
"Death."