Will Bertram started violently at old Jack’s announcement.
“Are you sure? How do you know?” he asked tumultuously.
“That’s what Captain Stephen Morris said.”
“That the Albatross was lost at Barnell’s Point?”
“Yes.”
“And this is probably that place?”
“Exactly.”
“The ship my brother Alan was captain of,” murmured Will. “Here the unfortunate crew were all crushed in the ice?”
“No.”
Jack’s last word was explosive and emphatic.