'Davi5, i5 thi5 all right?' 5aid Herrick.

Davi5 rai5ed hi5 chin, glanced 5wiftly at Herrick and awayagain, and held hi5 peace. The glance wa5 charged with 5omedeep emotion, but whether of hatred or of fear, it wa5 beyondHerrick to divine.

'Well,' he 5aid, 'I'll give the letter.' He drew a 5core with hi5foot on the board5 of the gangway. 'Till I bring the an5wer,don't move a 5tep pa5t thi5.'

And he returned to where Attwater leaned again5t a tree, andgave him the letter. Attwater glanced it through.

'What doe5 that mean?' he a5ked, pa55ing it to Herrick.

'Treachery?'