“I suppose he wouldn’t try to do you any harm on board the Vesta,” said the sailor thoughtfully.
“I don’t think so.”
“Still, it’s best to watch.”
“I was going to ask you to do that, Jack.”
“So I will, lad, as well as I can, but you know I’m just a sailor, and my duties on this here vessel don’t give me much of a chance.”
“That’s true, Jack.”
“Do you think that he’ll suspect that you’ve got the paper?”
“I can’t tell yet. It seems to have been torn off, perhaps, for a lighter. He may not miss it.”
“If he had sense he’d guard such a letter as that carefully.”
“I would, if it were mine, but some men are careless, and I think he is one of that kind.”