What were they going to transport on this trip ?...
"Toni, it is not a matter of artillery nor of guns.

Neither is it an affair of munitions....

It is a short and well-paid job that will make us go very little out of our way on our return to Barcelona." He stopped himself in his confidences, feeling a curious hesitation and finally he added, lowering his voice: "The Germans are paying for it!...

We are going to supply their Mediterranean submarines with petrol." Contrary to all Ferragut's expectations, his second did not make any gesture of surprise.

He remained as impassive as if this news were actually incomprehensible to him.