Mr.Davies merely replied that the property could wait, he should go the voyage and retire afterwards.

The lawyer held up his hands, and then suddenly remembered that there are women in the West Indies as in other parts of the world.

Doubtless his queer client had an object in this voyage.

As a matter of fact, he was totally wrong.

Owen Davies had never interchanged a tender word with a woman in his life; he was a creature of routine, and it was part of his routine to carry out his agreements to the letter.