"—— engaged in teaching a pretty girl how to steer, he doesn't notice little things he otherwise might."
"Such as——" I suggested.
He looked around to make sure we were alone.
"There's something in the wind. I don't know what it is."
"Something to do with the crew?"
"Yes. They know something about the reason why we're making this trip. You haven't talked, of course?"
"No."
"Nor Miss Wallace? Perhaps her aunt——"
"It doesn't seem likely. Whom would she talk to?"
"Some of the men may have overheard a sentence or two. The point is that they are talking treasure in the f'c'sle. Morgan got it from Higgins."