"Ensign Darrin"—-and the Old Man's voice was more impressive than any officer present remembered ever to have heard it before—-"what do you know of this matter?"
Though the shock had struck him like an actual blow, Dave Darrin steadied both himself and his voice as he replied:
"I know nothing whatever about it, sir, that is not common knowledge to everyone in this room."
"Then you did not take this envelope from my room?" demanded Captain
Gales.
"I did not, sir."
"And you did not receive it from any one else?"
"I did not, sir."
"You have no knowledge of how this envelope came to be in your quarters?"
"I have not the least knowledge in the world, sir."
Captain Gales debated the matter in his own distressed mind. Dave Darrin stood there, white faced and dignified, his bearing perfect.