“No; I have not.”
“Nor I. We must be the first ones on his list.”
“That is what Carter and I were just saying.”
“He tackled you right here at the anchorage, eh?”
“Yes.”
“And now, if you don’t mind, I would like to put in a word,” said Nick.
“All right, Mr. Carter,” replied Burton. “Please consider that I am at your orders.”
“Where did you meet with the pirate?”
“Right out in the middle of the Sound, about off Hempstead Bay.”