“We were wrecked.”
“And how did you leave there?”
“Part of the way on a sled.”
“A sled?”
“Yes, Captain Morris, a sled made of part of the timbers of the Albatross.”
[As Will uttered these words Captain Morris fell to a chair].
A groan of apprehension passed his lips.
In hoarse, stricken tones Will heard him murmur:
“They have discovered all! I am lost—ruined!”
