One of the young women was sent to an obscure little place a hundred miles back from the Brazilian coast, ostensibly to act as governess for the children of an American family which did not exist.

To this same place, through the other agent, was sent a man, whose duty was to get information about the country for a party of capitalists.

Do you begin to understand ?" "Yes, I begin to understand," said Philip.
"This place to which they went was made up of a dozen or so hovels," continued the doctor, resuming his nervous walk.

"There was no one there who could talk or understand their language but these two.

The consequence--conditions were right.