"Oh, Sally Brown——"
"Judah!"
"Eh? What is it, Cap'n Sears?"
"Shut up."
"Eh! Shut up what? What's open?"
"Stop that noise."
"What noise?"
"That noise of yours. That singin'."
"Eh? Oh, all right, sir. Aye, aye, Cap'n, just as you say."
Captain Sears, relieved, turned again to his visitors. But the visitors were rapidly retreating along the path, the lines of Miss Elvira's back indicating disgust and outraged gentility. Mrs. Chase, however, looked back. Obviously she still did not know what it was all about.