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Just you mind that. I reckon I can't be taught much by any college buster." Frewen's hands clenched, but he replied quietly, though he was inwardly raging at Keller's contemptuous manner "Just so. You are the captain of this ship, and I know my duty, sir. But I am not the man to be insulted by any one. And I say that my boatsteerer is not fit for duty."
She bent her head, and then sank on her knees again beside the bed, but suddenly she rose again, and placed her hand on Frewen's sleeve. "I know that my husband must die, no human aid can save him. But will you, sir, go and see poor Mr. Villari. Mr. Raymond has hopes for him at least. And he fought very bravely for my husband."
"But I heard firing and a struggle in the saloon," cried the captain, clinging to Mr Frewen's arm. "Well, yes, we have been re-taking the ship." "What?" "Humph! Poor fellow, he could not bear it," said Mr Frewen, as Captain Berriman sank back half-fainting, but he re-opened his eyes and clung to the doctor again. "Too good to be true," he muttered. "Thank God thank God!"
The perspiration stood out upon my face as I heard above me Bob Hampton's voice cry "Hullo! What's that?" Almost at the same moment the cabin-window was opened, I had a faint glimpse of a face looking as if out of black mist, and Mr Frewen's voice said softly "Quick, some one; a knife."
After the usual courtesies so rigidly observed on visits of ceremony had passed between them and Raymond, they patiently awaited him to begin, though very curious to learn what was the occasion of Frewen's and Cheyne's unlooked-for appearance.
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