I suppose the rest of you are, also. But that need not prevent us
agreeing on one thing. We can work together to protect Senorita
Mendoza, at least, from such danger as threatened her last night."
"It's a dastardly shame," Lockwood exclaimed angrily, "that a man
who would attempt a thing like that should go unpunished." "Show
me how to trace him and I'll guarantee the punishment," rejoined
Craig drily.
"I am not a detective," replied Lockwood.
Kennedy forebore to reply in kind, though I knew there was a ready
answer on his tongue for the lover.
Ever since they had arrived, the Senorita had seen that they were
well supplied with cigarettes from the case in which she and they
supposed were the genuine South American brand of her father.
Kennedy and I smoked them, too, although neither of us liked them
very much. The others were smoking furiously.
"However," resumed Kennedy, "I do not feel that I want to intrude
myself in this matter without being perfectly frank and having the
approval of Senorita Mendoza. She has known both of you longer and
more intimately than she has known me, although she has seen fit
to place certain of her affairs in my hands, for which I trust I
shall render a good account of my stewardship.
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