She has decided to take a sea voyage." "Where to ?" "Africa!" Dominey paused in the act of inserting a cartridge into his gun.

He turned slowly around and looked into his companion's expressionless face.
"Why the mischief is she going out there ?" he asked.
"I can no more tell you that," Seaman replied, "than why Johann Wolff was sent over here to spy upon our perfect work.

I am most unhappy, my friend.

The things which I understand, however threatening they are, I do not fear.

Things which I do not understand oppress me." Dominey laughed quietly.
"Come," he said, "there is nothing here which seriously threatens our position.