He did not betray any agitation, however.
“So,” he remarked, “you are the Terror of the Coast, eh?”
“Yes; and now you know enough not to trifle with me.”
“Are you not the man who abducted little Leon Zamora?”
“Of course I am; and I’ve got the young whelp yet.”
“I presume the child is safe and well?”
“And I’m sorry to say he is!” growled the pirate, with a dark scowl. “I owe his accursed father a debt of vengeance, and I’ll take satisfaction out of the brat!”
Frank glanced at Zamora.
He had drawn Captain Diavolo out in order to let the anxious father hear that his son was safe.
The information must have filled Zamora with intense relief, and Frank quietly asked the pirate: