'Who tell you that, eh?'
'A Mr Dahler.'
'Dahler.' His eyes narrowed. 'What did he say about me?'
'Only that you were sacked from the command of a catcher for killing a man.'
'It's a lie.'
'Maybe,' I said. 'But how will you explain this man Schreuder's death to the police?'
'Explain? Schreuder jumped overboard.'
Lovaas was crumbling a piece of bread and suddenly I felt on top of him. 'What about my evidence?' I said.
'But the man jumped over the ship,' Mrs Kielland said. 'Surely that is right? All the men say he jump straight over. You and Kaptein Lovaas search for him together.'
'The man was desperate,' I said. 'That's why he jumped. I wonder what you had done to make him so desperate, Captain Lovaas? Had you threatened him as you did that other man?'