10/15 If you had not fallen in with us, I am afraid you would never have got anywhere." "I am sure we should not. Three days more and we should have died of thirst." "Where shall we put you ashore ?" "That is for you to say. Where would it be convenient ?" "How would Panama suit you ?" "It is just the place. We could cross the isthmus to Chagres; but before going to England, I should like to call at La Guayra, and find out whether my friend Carmen still lives." "You can do that easily; but if I were you, and had all those diamonds in my possession, I would get home as quickly as possible, and put them in a place of safety. There are men who would commit a thousand murders for one of them." "Well, I shall see. |