Foden said: "What the hell's the matter with the Legion towns? I like légionnaires. They're rough but you know where you are."
Mrs. Ferry said: "My God, you do—especially when there's not a war on. Some business!" She looked at him wickedly. "I bet I could make three or four guesses as to what you were carrying in those two boats of yours. Which one were you in? Was it Crystal or Evening Starlight?"
Foden said: "I was in both of 'em. And what they carried was nobody's business except the owners."
She nodded. "You're telling me!" she said. "I used to know the owner pretty well—that is before somebody got rough with him one night in Sfax. You know what they did with him, don't you?"
Foden said in a voice that was a little bored: "I know."
Mrs. Ferry leaned back in her chair. She put her
