"If he's alive he's sure to be taken."
"But you think it probable he is dead?" she questioned.
"I think it quite possible."
"Are you here on the lookout for him?"
"Yes."
"Surely he would not be likely to come to Torquay."
"I don't know so much about that. You see he might be able to get away by sea if he had friends, or some one willing to help him," said Hackler.
"Who would help him? The risk would be too great."
"There's many men take risks for each other. You seem interested in him."
"I am. I know him, a dangerous man, I should not care to meet him again," she said.