CHAPTER XV
THE FRIEND IN NEED
There was no excuse for not hearing this warning, for it was uttered in a voice loud enough to reach over the whole extent of the atoll.
Both Redvignez and Brazzier were enraged at the interference, and there was an instant of time when the two were on the point of attacking him. But he was a terrible foe for any one to assail, and he would have made warm work, as they well knew, for he was not afraid of the two together.
Brazzier was quick to comprehend the situation, and he refrained.
“Take away the girl, then,” he commanded, “so I can get at him.”
“I will not leave him,” declared Inez, throwing her arms about the neck of the captain, who was rising to his feet. “You mean to hurt him, and you shan’t hurt him without hurting me. He has been kind, and he’s a good man.”