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Montt bowed gravely and answered : `` By all means , Senor Douglas ; I shall be only too pleased ; for I am sure that the woman would interest you , whether you believe in second sight or not . I shall be off duty to - morrow evening , after six o'clock . We shall dine at half-past , as usual , I suppose : how would half-past seven suit you as the time for going ashore ? We could be back before midnight , easily , if we went at that time . '' `` Yes , '' Douglas agreed , `` that time will suit me very well , Senor Montt ; and I shall look forward to our expedition with great interest . '' The conversation then turned upon other matters , and the subject was dropped ; but the next evening , after dinner , Douglas reminded Montt of their arrangement ; and the two men , dressing themselves in mufti , stepped off the _ Covadonga _ on to the wharf , and made their way up into the town . They walked along the sea-front , where the horse-trams were wont to ply before the electric cars were introduced , right away up to the north end of the promenade , until they came to the Hotel de Sucre , where they turned off to the right , up a very narrow and badly-lighted side-street , which conducted them into a part of the city very much resembling the place in Iquique into which Jim had been inveigled .