“I shall be in a position to say in a few days’ time, to tell you more,” said Sinclair.
“I wish you two would not be so confoundedly mysterious,” said Boyce.
“If you’ve got anything to tell me, do so. As for you, Sinclair, I expect loyalty from you at any rate.”
Sinclair replied with some stiffness.
“I shall not take any action without consulting you, sir, and I may be quite wrong.”
“Very well,” said Boyce, with a gesture of dismissal.
Alone together Collins and Sinclair went to the latter’s room.
“What an ass that man is,” said Collins. “He hasn’t the brains of a rabbit.”
“I wonder,” said the other, “whether he is quite the fool you think him.”
“What are your plans?”