“Well, where is the boy now?”
“I can’t tell you, sir.”
“Isn’t he on the island?”
“We can find no signs of him.”
“Then he hasn’t been here to-night.”
“He certainly has,” replied Walter, “for we saw him and heard him too.”
“Who did?”
“Every one of the crew of the Banner.”
“Did anybody else? Did you, Mr. Bell? Or you, Captain Conway? Or any of your men?”