He didn't have to know, but maybe he could guess quite accurately... well I think it's because that mention about business Bertie has there or something like that... I don't remember exactly, but it reminded me The Godfather... :-D and well, Bertie became very rich very quickly and we don't know who he met on his voyage to India... I hope he's not involved but the sceptical me (plus if I were Mark and wanted to spice up the story ;-) ) tells me that at minimum, Bertie knows (and probably has his share to shut up). We don't know much at this time about this stuff, so it's hard to back it up with some arguments, it's just this feeling... :-/
Yeah and Wilcox... I'm not sure what to think about his involvement... If he knew about that, Bertie and the governor wouldn't try to circumvent him. And probably that is why they want to get rid of him - but Wilcox on the right side of justice... :blink:WTF? Or he's too demanding. He wants more and more, like Conner said, greed is... greed. (Hey Conner, what about fornication? ;-D)