'We had better go down to the cabin,' said Hartfield, laying his hand upon his friend's shoulder. 'If Lady Lesbia will be good enough to come with us we can tell her all that we have to tell quietly there.'
Lord Hartfield's tone was unmistakeable. Everything was known.
'You can talk at your ease here,' said Montesma, facing the two men with a diabolical recklessness and insolence of manner. 'Not one of these fellows on board knows a dozen sentences of English.'
'I would rather talk below, if it is all the same to you, Señor; and I should be glad to speak to Lady Lesbia alone.'
'That you shall not do unless she desires it,' answered Montesma.
'No, he shall hear all that you have to say. He shall hear how I answer you,' said Lesbia.
Lord Hartfield shrugged his shoulders.
'As you please,' he said. 'It will make the disclosure a little more painful than it need have been; but that cannot be helped.'