"Did you hear me?" cried the captain in an irritated tone.
Brunton made for the hatchway, but before going down he stopped.
"Don't go, Brunton!" called out a voice.
"Who spoke?" cried Hatteras.
"I did," said Pen, advancing towards the captain.
"And what did you say?" asked Hatteras.
"I say," answered Pen with an oath—"I say, we've had enough of it, and we won't go any further. You shan't kill us with hunger and work in the winter, and they shan't light the fires!"
"Mr. Shandon," answered Hatteras calmly, "have that man put in irons!"
"But, captain," replied Shandon, "what the man says——"
"If you repeat what the man says," answered Hatteras, "I'll have you shut up in your cabin and guarded! Seize that man! Do you hear?" Johnson, Bell, and Simpson advanced towards the sailor, who was in a terrible passion.