"There's one thing to be done," said I.
"We'll do it now," he replied, his fury gone as suddenly as it came, and we descended the ladder.
At the foot we met McCrae, very angry and sarcastic, wanting to know since when the deck was allowed to order the engine-room about like pot-boys, but a few words put him in possession of the facts, and I think, if any argument had been needed, my exhausted and dripping body would have sufficed.
"The old man?" said he. Legrand nodded.
CHAPTER VI
The Conference in the Cabin
We opened the captain's door without knocking, but he was awake at once, and turned on the electric light.
"What is this, gentlemen? Is it a raree show?" he inquired in his particular voice.
"It is some information Dr. Phillimore has to impart, sir," said Legrand.