Therefore it was apparent that the mysterious pair who had come ashore just prior to the sailing of the yacht had merely taken tickets for a false destination, and had re-booked at Colle Salvetti, the junction with that long main line which connects Genoa with Rome.
The police were puzzled.

The two fishermen who sighted the _Lola_ and first gave the alarm of her danger, declared that when they drew alongside and proffered assistance the captain threatened to shoot the first man who came aboard.
"They were English!" remarked the sturdy, brown-faced toilers of the sea, grinning knowingly.

"And the English, when they drink their cognac, know not what they do." "Did you get any reward for returning to harbor and reporting ?" I asked.
"Reward!" echoed one of the men, the elder of the pair.

"Not a soldo! The English only cursed us for interfering.

That is why we believed that they were trying to make away with the vessel." The description of the _Lola_, its owner, his guest, and the captain were circulated by the police to all the Mediterranean ports, with a request that the yacht should be detained.