But Tollemache, though disavowing any
thought of Mr. Baring as a party to the scheme, stuck to his guns.
"Somebody will make a pile when the _Kansas_ is reported missing," he
said.
"The insurance money would not be paid for a long time," Courtenay
explained.
"No, but the copper market will respond instantly."
"Then the process has commenced already. The _Kansas_ should have been
reported yesterday from Sandy Point. The news that she has not arrived
will soon reach the nearest cable station. There will be terrific
excitement at Lloyd's when that becomes known."
"It is distinctly odd that Suarez should turn up last night, and tell
us how gold slipped through his fingers five years ago. Let us hope
the parallel will hold good for the gentleman who so amiably endeavored
to send the _Kansas_ to the bottom of the Pacific," said Christobal.
"It is rather a rotten trick," broke in Tollemache, "just a bit of
Spanish roguery-- Well, I'm sorry, Christobal, but I can't regard you
as quite a Spaniard, you see."
"Nevertheless, I am one," and the doctor stiffened visibly.
"What Tollemache means is that he would expect you to take the English
and straightforward view of a piece of rascality, doctor.
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