Fix thought over these probabilities during the long hours which he spent in his cabin, and kept repeating to himself, "Now, either the warrant will be at Hong Kong, in which case I shall arrest my man, or it will not be there; and this time it is absolutely necessary that I should delay his departure.
"Por consiguiente decía Fix para sí durante las dilatadas horas que pasaba en el camarote o el mandamiento estará en Hong Kong y prendo a mi hombre, o no estará y será necesario retrasar su viaje a toda costa.