Itwasquiteapparenttomethattheywerecompletingsomefresharrangementsforsignallingwithacodeoftheirown。Thiswasnaturalenough，andinnowayinconsistentwiththemeasureoffriendlinessalreadyshowntome。Wherethereareneithertelegraphs，railways，norroads，anyeffectiveformofcommunicationmust——canonlybepurelypersonal。Andso，iftheywishtokeepanysecretamongstthemselves，theymustpreservethesecretoftheircode。Ishouldhavedearlylikedtolearntheirnewcodeandtheirmannerofusingit，butasIwanttobeahelpfulfriendtothem——andasthisimpliesnotonlytrust，buttheappearanceofit——Ihadtoschoolmyselftopatience。
Thisattitudesofarwontheirconfidencethatbeforewepartedatourlastmeeting，aftermostsolemnvowsoffaithandsecrecy，theytookmeintothesecret。Thiswas，however，onlytotheextentofteachingmethecodeandmethod；theystillwithheldfrommerigidlythefactorpoliticalsecret，orwhateveritwasthatwasthemainspringoftheirunitedaction。
WhenIgothomeIwrotedown，whilstitwasfreshinmymemory，alltheytoldme。ThisscriptIstudieduntilIhaditsothoroughlybyheartthatICOULDnotforgetit。ThenIburnedthepaper。However，thereisnowonegainatleast：withmysemaphoreIcansendthroughtheBlueMountainsfromsidetoside，withexpedition，secrecy，andexactness，amessagecomprehensibletoall。
RUPERT’SJOURNAL——Continued。
June6，1907。