"Why, Linda! You must put the brake on now and then. You're not trying to tell me that Fenton's out for my blood?"
"Oh, I know it sounds absurd to you. But I have the feeling that his jealousy is somehow connected with all the rest... with your partnership and his business with Ben Saif! Perhaps Fenton is not so ignorant of Ben Saif's secrets; perhaps he's not merely a catspaw!"
4: In the Hold of the S. S. Pearl
JACK GUIDED his horse carefully, for the Empty Land was rough going. Here and there, over the dun levels, Zilfi and other small towns lay like scattered beads, their domes and white walls twinkling in the sun.
He was making for the little port of Biodh, where he expected to find Deane & Son's newest ship, the S. S. Pearl, in harbor. To his surprise, only a few fishing-boats roc
