this visit. He wore an expression of great disappointment.
“Well, sir?” he said to me.
“Well, Ned, the fates were against us yesterday.”
“Yes! That damned captain had to call a halt just as we were going to escape from his boat.”
“Yes, Ned, he had business with his bankers.”
“His bankers?”
“Or rather his bank vaults. By which I mean this ocean, where his wealth is safer than in any national treasury.”
I then related the evening’s incidents to the Canadian,
this visit. He wore an expression of great disappointment.
“Well, sir?” he said to me.
“Well, Ned, the fates were against us yesterday.”
“Yes! That damned captain had to call a halt just as we were going to escape from his boat.”
“Yes, Ned, he had business with his bankers.”
“His bankers?”
“Or rather his bank vaults. By which I mean this ocean, where his wealth is safer than in any national treasury.”
I then related the evening’s incidents to the Canadian,
