Evidently the men had moved to some other part of the boat for, although they listened while dressing, they heard nothing. But, in a very few minutes they were out on the deck. There was no one in sight and they hurried to the bridge where they found the captain and the new second mate talking earnestly together.
"What's the matter?" Captain Ole asked as Bob, who was in the lead, stepped onto the bridge.
"That's what we wanted to find out, sir," he replied.
"But what made you think anything was the matter?"
"Why, I heard you talking outside our door."
"You did? Then you must be a light sleeper."
"I believe I am," Bob acknowledged.
"Well, I didn't mean to wake you, that is not yet," the captain said, "but, seeing that you're awake, I suppose you might's well know. There's a boat of some kind coming this way, or at any rate, it was coming this way a few minutes ago."
"But I didn't see any light," Bob told him.
"No, they doused their glim just as we moved away from your door," the captain told them.