“Now then,” he said, “I have a few questions to ask you.”
Will was silent.
“And I expect you to answer them,” he supplemented.
“And then I can go?”
“Yes.”
“Very well. What is it?”
“How did you escape from drowning on the Golden Moose?”
“After you left us to sink—” began Will, but the captain interrupted him, impatiently.
“After I left you to sink?”
“Yes.”