"You see, we are all going there together by the shortest way, down the canon." Alton stared at him a moment.

"Now I had----" he commenced, and then stopped abruptly.
Once more Seaforth smiled.

"Then you had thought about it, Harry ?" Alton's eyes closed a little.

"I'm not one of the folks who go round telling people all they think," he said.

"There's no way down that canon." Seaforth understood what was passing in his comrade's mind, and knew that Alton had not kept silence because of the risk to himself, for whatever was done the chances were equally against him.
"I'm afraid we can't contradict you, but we shall discover to-morrow whether you are right or not," he said.
Alton's glance grew a little less direct.