“Can you trust the fellows?”
“Most absolutely,” was the reply, “there is not the smallest fear from that quarter.”
“And the opium was discovered, you say, close to the spot where Ardjan was picked up?”
“Not two hundred yards from where he was,” replied the Chinaman.
“And they found the djoekoeng in which he came ashore did they not?” asked van Gulpendam.
“Yes, Kandjeng toean, it was a surf boat.”
“That is all I want to know, babah,” said the Resident.
The astute Chinaman took the hint, he rose and was preparing to leave; but the Resident motioned him back to his seat.
“You have not said a word yet, babah, about that other business,” said van Gulpendam carelessly.
“What business?”