'You must remember that the planters are short-sighted. They're all desperate to get out of Jamaica – they wake up every day expecting to find themselves, or their children, in the grip of some tropical fever. To import female Neegers would cost nearly as much as to import males, but the females cannot produce as much sugar – particularly when they are breeding.' Daniel had finally recognized this voice as belonging to Sir Richard Apthorp – the second A in the CABAL.