“Yis, sor.”
“And you don’t know what caused all this wreckage?”
“Well, sor, somethin’ must av sthruck the boat, sor—an’—I didn’t see phwat it was, sor.”
Frank looked keenly at the Celt.
“Tell me truly,” he said; “were you asleep?”
It was against Barney’s principle to lie.
“Yis, sor,” he replied.
Frank turned away.
“That is enough!” he said, reproachfully. “I thought I could trust you.”
With his nerves tingling with shame, Barney slunk away. But Frank uttered no further words of censure, for he knew that the poor fellow was wellnigh warranted in his negligence, for he was extremely exhausted.