“But you undertook to ask a passage for him before he had shown any intention of doing so.”
“Yes, and on that occasion, if you would like to know what I think, I made a fool of myself!”
“Quite so! and if you would like to know what I think, I do not like the man at all, Mr. Fragoso.”
“Neither do I, Miss Lina, and I have all the time an idea that I have seen him somewhere before. But the remembrance is too vague; the impression, however, is far from being a pleasant one!”
“Where and when could you have met him? Cannot you call it to mind? It might be useful to know who he is and what he has been.”
“No—I try all I can. How long was it ago? In what country? Under what circumstances? And I cannot hit upon it.”
“Mr. Fragoso!”
“Miss Lina!”
“Stay on board and keep watch on Torres during our absence!”
“What? Not go with you to Ega, and remain a whole day without seeing you?”