“The gentleman who saved you from being thrown overboard on the steamer.”
“Have you any papers of his?”
“No; but I have some papers that he wants to get possession of.”
“He told me they belonged to him.”
“Then you are his agent?”
“I may as well admit it. Now what have you got to say?”
“That the papers are mine.”
“Then why does Mr. Wentworth want them?”
This inquiry was made in good faith, for Standish had not been taken into confidence by his employer, and he was puzzled to understand why it was that the papers were considered of such importance.