"No. Only give me a chance to fight openly and I will do so, but I will not kill a man in cold blood."
"But, colonel, you will not interfere with us?"
"No. Only do not tell me anything you are doing."
Allen did not understand that in war all things were justifiable.
He was a gentleman all the way through, and would not fight unless he could do so honorably.
Whether Jack failed to find the file, or that the prisoners decided not to mutiny, Allen never knew, but no attempt was ever made to secure freedom, and after forty days' torture land was sighted.
The prisoners were ordered on deck.
It was a glorious change for them, for they had not breathed a breath of pure air for forty days.
As they stood on the deck the captain pointed out the distant land.
"Do you know what land that is?" he asked.