Andrew D. Gable
First Post
"Well," he chuckles, "an odd way of puttin' it. Yes, I think I might be knowin' what they did with 'em. Said they 'ad a way of talkin' to each other through 'em, don't ask me 'ow they did that. Far as I'm knowin', Cartwright, Oldacre, Smythe, and Yesset, all of 'em bought boxes o' candles from me quite a bit. Fact, Mr. Robinson, here delivered some to Mr. Smythe yesterday mornin'."JimAde said:"I was wondering about one other thing. Mr. McCarthy, you said of the candles 'No idea what they might've used so many of 'em for.' Don't you suppose they used them for, you know," he waves a hand around vaguely and gives McCarthy a conspiratorial smile, "thingy?"
McCarthy follows Robinson's gaze and catches sight of the gold box. "It's nothin'," he says, answering the inquisitive look on Robinson's face. "Cigar box, picked it up up at the market."