CHAPTER XIII.
There was a cloud on Seaman's good-humoured face as, muffled up in their overcoats, he and his host walked up and down the terrace the next morning, after the departure of Mr.Mangan.He disclosed his mind a little abruptly.
"In a few minutes," he said, "I shall come to the great purpose of my visit.

I have great and wonderful news for you.

But it will keep." "The time for action has arrived ?" Dominey asked curiously.

"I hope you will remember that as yet I am scarcely established here." "It is with regard to your establishment here," Seaman explained drily, "that I desire to say a word.

We have seen much of one another since we met in Cape Town.