Perhaps, however, there may be some mistake, after all.

Foreign hospital registers are not always reliable," added the doctor in a hopeful tone.
"No, it's all true, or Benham wouldn't write me what he has.

I've known him for years.

He knows me, too, and he don't go off half-cocked.

I wrote him to look after Bart and sent him some money and give him the name of the ship, and he watched for her and sent for him all right.