"I didn't know how far you had taken him into your confidence in this matter."
"You did come from Asia, though, as your railroad ticket seemed to show?"
"Yes."
"From where?"
Eaton did not answer.
"From Yokohama?"
"The last port we stopped at before sailing for Seattle was Yokohama—yes."
Connery reflected. "You had been in Seattle, then, at least five days; for the last steamer you could have come on docked five days before the Tamba Maru."
"You assume that; I do not tell you so."
"I assume it because it must be so. You'd been in Seattle—or at least you had been in America—for not less than five days. In fact, Mr. Eaton, you had been on this side of the water for as many as eleven days, had you not?"