"Think carefully; is there not one who might have wished to revenge himself?"
But Schroeder shook his head decidedly.
"It was no member of the crew, sir; not one of them is my enemy."
"Then who was it?" Pachmann demanded.
"That I cannot say, sir."
"You heard nothing before the blow was struck?"
"Nothing, sir; I have told you all I remember."
"And you persist that you have no idea who struck the blow?"
"I have not the slightest idea, sir."
Pachmann looked at Schroeder again, and then turned away.