“Well, then, he is not going to put right over here after he has taken off old Spencer, is he? It's almost like running back on his course—amounts to the same thing.”
“But he is likely to come here, isn't he?”
“I should think so.”
“Well,” impatiently, “how else could he do it?”
“Easily enough. He could go right on east from Spencer's place and make for Owen Channel, up near the head of Georgian Bay. That's at the other end of this island.”
“Manitoulin Island? Is it as big as that?”
“Yes, it lies all across this end of Lake Huron. If he went through Owen Channel, he could get around into the North Channel, and then down into Bayfield Sound and Lake Wolsey. Bayfield Sound, you see, pretty nearly cuts the island in halves. It is right opposite here, only a few miles overland. That would be a long way around, but it is the safe way. You see, I've been thinking—”
“Well—what?”
“Why, he would be likely to think just like I did, that when you had got up here you wouldn't be able to resist coming on across the line.”
“You seem to know these routes pretty well for a man who has been to Spencer's only once.”