Desmond shook his head.
“Nothing that I know of, sir,” he said.
“Seen Strangwise this morning?”
Desmond gasped for breath. So the Chief knew about him meeting Strangwise, too!
“No, sir!”
A clerk put his head in at the door.
“Well, Matthews!”
“Captain Strangwise will be along very shortly, sir,” he said.
The Chief looked up quickly.
“Ah, he’s all right then! Good.”