17/31 We have cruised outside most of the time. Only once were we hailed; while Manuel, with a boat crew, was ashore for nearly a week, picking up such news as he might. There is no warship in these waters." "So I discovered on landing; indeed I was told as much in England. You said you were being watched on the sloop. Are you known ?" The other uttered an oath snarling through his teeth. |