"Yes," he said, "I think he will, and that's why I'm waiting.

He may give himself away the third time, and then it will be either him or me." Seaforth stood silent for almost a minute.

"If you would only listen to me--but of course you will not.

Can't you see that you are in the way of somebody who stands behind that man ?" "Yes," and Alton's smile was now quietly grim.

"It don't take much genius to figure out that.