"I wish I could."
"You shall, but, as I said, I must arrange details later."
* * * * * * *
About this time Rudolph and Mrs. Middleton were conversing, preparatory to starting for the steamer.
"You are sure the boy is dead?" she said.
"Sure? I ought to be. Didn't I see him dead with my own eyes?"
"I saw a boy this morning who looked as I suppose the boy would have looked—of the same age, too."
"Where did you see him?"
"He was with a gentleman, coming out of the breakfast-room as I was entering it."