Allen nodded.
Remember Baker was bolder and asked the French Canadian how he knew they wanted skins.
The man laughed, and answered with an appearance of genuine truth:
"I was at La Mull and heard the monsieur ask about skins."
"Then why did you not speak?"
"I had to see if my friends would sell."
"And you saw the sample?"
"I saw the skin that trapper carried."
That seemed satisfactory, and Allen was quite prepared to follow the Canadian.
Eben was the next to express a doubt. He drew Allen on one side.