_You_ know Coke.

Is 'e the kind o' man to go bumpin' round like a stage 'ero, an' hoisting Union Jacks as the ship sinks?
I ax you, is 'e?
It's nonsense, stuff an' nonsense.

An', if the Andromeeda was scrapped at Fernando Noronha, 'oo were the freebooters that collared the island, an' 'ow did this 'ere De Sylva get to Maceio?
Are you listenin' ?" "Yes," said Bulmer, turning at last, and devouring Verity with his deep-set eyes.
"Well, wot d'ye think of it ?" "Did you send the ship to Fernando Noronha ?" It is needless to place on record the formula of David's denial.

It was forcible, and served its purpose--that should suffice.
"Under ordinary conditions she would 'ave passed the island about the 31st ?" continued Bulmer.
"Yes.

Confound it, 'aven't I bin cablin' there every two days for a fortnight or more?
B'lieve me or not, Dickey, it cut me to the 'eart to keep you in the dark about Iris.