Otherwise--" "Otherwise ?" "Instead of escaping by water, as I had intended, to Ostend, I must go to the prison and escape from there.

It will be more difficult.

The water route is best." "Of course," agreed the captain, smiling calmly.
"One of your launches would carry me to Ostend and return here between dark and daylight." "Easily enough," said Carg.

It was five minutes before he resumed his speech.

Then he said with quiet deliberation: "Cousin, I am an American, and Americans are neutral in this war." "You are Sangoan." "My ship is chartered by Americans, which obliges the captain of the ship to be loyal to its masters.