We said no more about Heyst on that occasion, and it so happened that I did not meet Davidson again for some three months.

When we did come together, almost the first thing he said to me was: "I've seen him." Before I could exclaim, he assured me that he had taken no liberty, that he had not intruded.

He was called in.

Otherwise he would not have dreamed of breaking in upon Heyst's privacy.
"I am certain you wouldn't," I assured him, concealing my amusement at his wonderful delicacy.

He was the most delicate man that ever took a small steamer to and fro among the islands.