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"I know," said Tredgold, starting up and taking his hand, "and we're delighted to see you are safe. And Mr. Duckett? He found Mr. Duckett's hand after a little trouble the owner seeming to think that he wanted it for some unlawful purpose and shook that. Captain Brisket, considerably taken aback by this performance, gazed at him with suspicion.
Tredgold, still keeping him under the spell of his eye, began with great rapidity to narrate the circumstances attending the loss of the Fair Emily. After one irrepressible grunt of surprise Captain Brisket listened without moving a muscle, but the changes on Mr. Duckett's face were so extraordinary that on several occasions the narrator faltered and lost the thread of his discourse.
This proposition being assented to after a little delay on the part of Mr. Stobell, who appeared to think Mr. Duckett's lack of connection with the hard-boiled eggs somewhat suspicious, they proceeded to Todd's Wharf and made a thorough inspection of the schooner. Mr. Chalk's eyes grew bright and his step elastic.
The following night Cobley's body, one of the raiders, was found in a shell-hole, and soon afterwards two others, Worth and Sommers, returned to our lines, having been lost the previous night. Barkby was found dead a day later, and Duckett's body was buried by a patrol which found it during the following tour.
"Not exactly what you could call mutiny," replied the captain, in a low voice. "A little mistake o' Duckett's. He's a nervous man, and perhaps he exaggerated a little. But don't allude to it again, for the sake of his feelings." "But somebody locked me in the cabin," persisted Mr. Chalk, looking from one to the other. Captain Brisket hesitated. "Did they?" he said, with a smile of perplexity.
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