"From three places in the colony he has been heard of, struggling to make his way to the coast." "Does he call himself by his own name ?" Dominey asked.
"He does not," Miller admitted.

"My cousin, however, desired me to point out to you the fact that in any case he would probably be shy of doing so.

He is behaving in an absurd manner; he is in a very weakly state; and without a doubt he is to some degree insane.

Nevertheless, the fact remains that he is in the Colony, or was three months ago, and that if he succeeds in reaching the coast you may at any time be surprised by a visit from him here.

I am sent to warn you in order that you may take whatever steps may be necessary and not be placed at a disadvantage if he should appear." "This is queer news you have brought us, Miller," Seaman said thoughtfully.
"It is news which greatly disturbed Doctor Schmidt," the man replied.
"He has had the natives up one after another for cross-examination.
Nothing can shake their story." "If we believed it," Seaman continued, "this other European, if he had business in this direction, might walk in here at any moment." "It was to warn you of that possibility that I am here." "How much do you know personally," Seaman asked, "of the existent circumstances ?" The man shook his head vaguely.
"I know nothing," he admitted.