"It will take several hours, Bluntnose. But the first of it is almost here—a canoe is in sight."
He was jubilant. He dashed away, but I called to him.
"Dr. Turber."
He came back.
"Let us go out and see it," I said. "What is it? Your treasure?"
"Yes." He hesitated. "Nanette—if only you could see this added wealth coming to us now!"
"I'd like to go out," she said. I could feel her fingers tighten on my arm.
Turber spoke to Bluntnose. The fellow Jonas appeared in the corridor. He called excitedly: "The first canoe is very nearly landing, Wolf Turber. There's another in sight. Are you coming?"
Turber hastened away. I urged the Indian: "Let us go out and see it."
"Come, then." He shoved us before him, down the corridor to the main side doorway. I did not see Josefa.