"Can we get it to port, think you?"
"That's what I'd like to know, sir; it will be hard work, for she must be a hundred and fifty ton heavier than the Lively Bee."
"Double that, Scarron."
Mr. Tempest took a lantern and went down the companionway.
The captain's cabin was untenanted; but on the other side of the gangway was another cabin, the door of which was locked.
"Is any one in there?" shouted the young officer, but received no answer.
"Open the door!" he shouted again, but still his command was unheeded.
"Mr. Scarron, I feel sure there is some one in that room. Can you break open the door?"
"Ay, ay, sir!"
Mr. Scarron's foot was sent against the door with such force that the panels were splintered, and even the frame split asunder.