“Then you’d better rent a house,” was the begoggled one’s sharp and brief advice.
“Why so?” queried the great man, startled.
“Because if you don’t get out to-morrow, you may not get out for months.”
“As I understand the Dutch permit, it specifies after to-day.”
“It isn’t a question of the Dutch. Caracuña City goes under quarantine to-night, and Puerto del Norte to-morrow, as soon as proper official notification can be given.”
“Then plague has actually been found?”
“Determined by bacteriological test this morning.”
“How do you know?”
“I was present at the finding.”
“Who did it? Dr. Pruyn?”