"Do you always follow good advice?" asked Tom.
"Maybe not, not always."
"Then dry up about me. I'm sorry, Abel, sorry for my lass; but he'd best behave well to her or he'll know about it," said Tom savagely.
"Where are they?"
"Don't know; haven't heard from her since they left Margate."
"I'll tell you another thing, Tom. It's what I've always said, Carl
Meason's a German spy and it's my belief Jane's found him out."
"If that's so and she has you can lay she'll give him away, it's her duty to do it," said Tom.
"Probably she will if he gives her a chance," was Abel's reply.
"What chance? He can't interfere with her."
"There's no telling what a man like that will do," answered Abel.