The things we do!

"
"When did you receive this?" he demanded. "By God!" he added, to
himself, "she did it, too!"
"Within the moment. Her maid brought it."
"You didn't have this before you came on board--but of course, that
wasn't possible."
Dunwody looked at him keenly. "You have just heard me," he said.
"No, I don't deny there are some things here which I can't
understand. You are covering up something, my dear Captain, of
course, but just what I do not know. Your station in life, your
presence in this country, so far from home!--" He smiled now in a
way which his antagonist considered sinister. Yet what defense
could be made without exposing secrets which were not his to
uncover?
"Come," went on Dunwody, "let's be frank about it. You may trust
me, of course. But--neither sister, wife, nor servant--could you
blame any man, especially any man who had a direct message like
this, for wanting, or, say, even demanding a meeting? Haven't I
the right? Come, now!"
Carlisle made no immediate answer, and was about to turn on his
heel, finding it hard to restrain himself.


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