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The captain was on the bridge, and he joined him. "Good morning, Derevskin!" "I have the honour to wish Your Highness good morning!" "Nothing happened during the night worth reporting, I suppose?" "No, Highness, nothing." "Very good: but I have slept badly, and you look as if you had been on the bridge all night.
No, the body of Franklin Marmion had made no splash. It had vanished through the port into silence. That was all. He beat back his own terror with the exertion of all his will-power, and said in a sneering whisper: "Derevskin, you are either mad or drunk; but I will forgive you this time because you have obeyed. Go to bed, and don't forget to be either sober or sane when I come on deck."
These the captain made fast to one end of the bundle and lifted them towards the port. Oscarovitch took hold of the other end. They lifted it. The weights dropped outside the port, and the bundle followed them. The captain started up, clasped his hands to his forehead, and said in a gasping whisper: "Holy God, Highness, what have we done?" "What do you mean, Derevskin?
You have obeyed my orders; that is all. Is it not enough for you?" "Yes, Highness but who or what was that man? Was he really a man?" "Are you mad, Derevskin?" "No, Highness, I hope not: but did you hear or, rather, did you not hear?" "What, you fool?" "He it the body it made no splash when it touched the water!" The stammered words struck Oscarovitch like so many puffs of frozen air.
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