“It means mischief,” said Jack sententiously. “It was written by one rascal to another. Of course, by ‘the boy’ he means you.”
“Yes.”
“And he wants to get rid of you?”
Bernard nodded.
“If we had the whole letter we could see into this thing better. How did he expect that professor fellow to get rid of you?”.
“That’s the question I’ve been asking myself, but I can’t answer it.”.
“What do you think of doing, lad?”
“I shall leave the professor as soon as I get a chance.”
“Yes, that’s sensible.”
“But I can’t leave him while we are on shipboard. I must wait till we get to the other side.”