"Never! Never! those men will kill you!"
"I shall go to sea with those men before to-morrow's sunset."
"You will never return."
"Oh, yes I will; and now listen."
The detective proceeded and arranged a number of secret signs and signals with the girl. He instructed her in a private finger code, and found her a ready and apt scholar. He gave her also a written chart for future study, telling her that if she mastered it, they could converse in the presence of others, and none would be the wiser.
Having concluded his instructions, he said:
"Go now to your father. I may not see you for two or three days, but always be on your guard."
"Against whom?"
"Garcia."
"Do you think he will dare return?"