De Boer: "If he is around here—"
Perona: "He could not have followed me; I was too careful."
I was murmuring: "Chief, they've got that girl."
"Phil, you get away! Go to Markes. Stay with him."
"But Chief, that Jetta, I—"
"Keep out of this! You're only one; you can't help any! I've sent for the Porto Rican patrol ship to handle this."
"Chief, I'm going back to Spawn's."
"No—"
I cut off abruptly. In another moment I would have been discovered. The searchers were headed directly for me.