Then he leaned over toward Toni.
The voyage was going to be one without any danger, but one which must be shrouded in mystery.
"I am counting on you, because you know all my affairs, because I consider you as one of my family." The pilot did not appear to be touched with this sample of confidence.
He still remained impassive, though within him all the uneasiness that had been agitating him in former days was reawakening.
The captain continued talking.

These were war times and it was necessary to take advantage of them.

For those two it would not be any novelty to transport cargoes of military material.

Once he had carried from Europe arms and munitions for a revolution in South America.

Toni had recounted to him his adventures in the Gulf of California, in command of a little schooner which had served as a transport to the insurrectionists of the southern provinces in the revolt against the Mexican government.
But the mate, while nodding his head affirmatively, was at the same time looking at him with questioning eyes.