‘The devil they did.’
‘Yes, I think so.’
‘A man or a woman?’
‘It is too dark to say.’
‘Curses on them, be it whom it may!’
‘Amen to that, captain.’
‘But you are quite sure you saw some one, be it man or woman?’
‘Yes, I am.’
‘Then go over two of you to the door, and wait there for a few moments while I work at this chain.’
‘And if any one comes out?’