"I s'pose 'e did; where helse would a Spaniard go?" replied the skipper with a vacant stare.
"I give it up."
"You gives it hup! If any one gives hup the thief as stole the yacht, the Grand Mogul would cut 'im hup hinto five quarters."
"Four would be enough," interjected Felix.
"Is the Grand Mogul here now?" asked Louis.
"Not in Gib now, and I reckon he went back to Mogadore. He spoke Henglish like a rock scorpion."
"Like a what?" demanded Felix.
"Like a rock scorpion, Flix; and that is a pet name for a person born in Gibraltar," interposed Louis. "Where were you educated?"
"Not among the scorpions, moi darlint."
"Then the Spaniard returned the Salihé to her owner, did he?" asked Louis.