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“ Through the gathering mists they saw the Golden Horn, headed again for the open sea, and trailing a black smudge against the heavens. The sight engulfed them both with a sudden sense of loneliness that was almost sickening; a feeling of being deserted at the desolate ends of the earth ”

“ CHAPTER IX. POWERFUL CURRENTS. AS they approached the wharf, Darrell watched intently the group of Mexicans who were moving slowly out upon it with an appearance of languid interest, as if the arrival of a steamer was a matter of little moment. Surely they did not behave like men who had not set eyes on a strange face in months. ”

“ It's the total absence of anything suspicious that looks queer. Besides, where has Sudo gone?”
Bellamy had no answer to the question, and for a moment or two the secret-service agent stared thoughtfully at the fog. Suddenly his eyes brightened, and he pointed swiftly. The mist, which had been torn aside by the breeze, revealed two figures striding briskly over the sand close to the water along the hard, sloping beach. One was tall and slim, the other squat, with a certain familiar grotesqueness of outline. ”