11/47 There never was one--any more than the Lion's Head, the longboat, or the bearings unnamable."' Daughtry rumpled his grizzled thatch of hair in his perplexity, as he admitted: "Well, you got me, sir. You sure got me to believin' in that treasure." "And I acknowledge, steward, that I am pleased to hear it. It shows that I have not lost my cunning when I can deceive a man like you. It is easy to deceive men whose souls know only money. |