Robert's face flushed. He felt that he was in a tight place. This man might be a confederate of the other. But how was he to prove it?
CHAPTER VII.
BAFFLED.
The charge had come upon Robert so suddenly that he hardly knew what to say. Gradually, his presence of mind returned to him.
"What made you fix upon me as the one likely to have the watch?" he asked. "Why didn't you select some other passenger?"
The stout man hesitated. He could not say what was the truth, that Robert had been described to him by his confederate.
"It was your guilty look," he answered, after a pause.
"So you think I look guilty?" said our hero, with an amused smile.