Bertha, in reply to the greeting, shook hands all round.
"I see you have not put out the lights in the cabin yet, Hawkins. I will just go down with Miss Greendale and see that she is comfortable, and then I will come up again."
"Oh, Frank!" the girl exclaimed, bursting into tears as they entered the saloon, "this is happiness indeed. I feel at home already."
Frank remained with her for three or four minutes.
"Now, dear, take possession of your old cabin again. No doubt Anna is there already. She had better share it with you.
"Now I must go up and finish with the Phantom at once. Do not be afraid, I shall take them by surprise, and there will be very little fighting."
And without waiting for remonstrance he hurried on deck.
"Are the men armed, Hawkins?"
"That they are, sir. We have been expecting an attack every minute. There have been three or four shore boats going off to the brigantine within the last quarter of an hour."
"I am going to be beforehand with them, Hawkins."