“I do not know.” Cortez sat back down, hunching over in his chair. “I thought about it, ever since it happened. If I’d been quicker—if I had not let the old man get the drop on me—I could have saved Kate. It was stupid to be there. We shouldn’t have gone ashore.” He looked at Moller, eyes glistening. “I told Anthony . . . but he wouldn’t listen. He don’t never listen.”