"I'm rather suspicious, sir, but I'd rather say no more until Randall has seen it."
The captain sent a man to find Harry. When he arrived, Kenneth asked him whether he still had the piece of music paper he had found. After rummaging in his pocket Harry drew the paper out. The two pieces were laid side by side.
"Well?" said the captain, when Harry had examined them for a few moments. The other officers crowded round in an interested group.
"They are not alike except in one particular," said Harry: "that neither is a recognisable tune."
He whistled the notes.
"Very ugly, certainly," said the captain. "Any further suggestion, Amory?"
"What do you call that note in music?" Kenneth asked Harry, pointing to the first note on Stoneway's paper.
"B flat," said Harry.
"And the next?"
"E, then D, then E again; the next is A sharp above the stave."