"The devil--did she see you?"
"I think so."
"Oh, so she didn't speak to you?"
"No! I was afraid of a scene, and came back to the ship at once."
"Well, she won't come on board now," said Ronald, consolingly; "so you'll be all right."
Ventin sighed.
"Nothing is so certain as the unforeseen," he replied, mournfully.
[CHAPTER III.]
FOUND DEAD.
The excitement of arrival at a new place is only equalled by the excitement of departure, and as the "Neptune" was to leave at nine o'clock no one thought of going to bed until the anchor was up.