One afternoon she brought him a drawing of a harbor.

At the center stood a ship with a black stripe and a tiny flag.

He recognized the design as one of his company’s vessels.

“Did you see that ship in a book?” he asked.

Pearl shook her head and pointed to the window.

Then she signed, AUNT AND MAN.

The picture did not prove that a business crime had occurred.

It did reveal an association she had remembered.