"Now I can't tell you exactly why I know this thing will come, and you wouldn't be any worse off if I were wrong.

Further, you see I might have gone ahead and brought you up without speaking a word to you." A man got up from a barrel.

"No, sir," he said.

"I'm not going to disturb this meeting, but that's just what you couldn't do.

It wouldn't be like Somasco Harry." There was grave applause, but the glint in the steady eyes was pleasant to see, and Seaforth felt a curious thrill as he glanced at his partner.