“He was seen and taken aboard. They did not see the wreck of the Albatross.”
“Well?”
“He made up a false story about it being crushed in the ice and all aboard lost.”
“What for?”
“Because he wanted no witnesses against his crime.”
“What crime?”
“Robbery! He and the captain of the ship seized the oil as legally theirs and divided on it when they got into port.”
“The villain!”
“That he is, and he let you take the chances of perishing in the cold to carry out his plot.”
This seemed very plausible, and when Jack told of the sinking of the Golden Moose their rage knew no bounds.