An' there wasn't anything, not even a scrap of paper, in the pockets of two of 'em! Is that suspicious, or ain't it?
It don't pay to talk too much along the Frazer.

Men keep their mouths shut.
But I'll tell you this: Culver Rann an' Bill Quade know a lot." "And you think I'll go in the Frazer ?" "Egzactly.

Quade would rather have you in there than in the Athabasca.

And then----" "Well ?" Stevens spat into the bush, and shrugged his shoulders.

"This beautiful lady you've taken an interest in will turn up missing, Aldous.