There's no reason whatever--" thinking to myself that they would be more likely indeed to keep quiet about it.

They had other things to talk of.

And then remembering little Fyne stuck upstairs for an unconscionable time, enough to blurt out everything he ever knew in his life, I reflected that he would assume naturally that Captain Anthony had nothing to learn from him about Flora de Barral.

It had been up to now my assumption too.

I saw my mistake.