CHAPTER VII
THE FIGHT FOR THE GOLD
"Silence!" whispered Antonio, who divined Simon's feeling of revolt.
"Why?" asked Simon. "They can't hear."
"They can. Most of the panes are missing."
Simon continued, in the same low tone:
"But where's Miss Bakefield?"
"This morning I saw her, from here, on that other chair, bound like her father."
"And now?"
"I don't know. But I suppose Rolleston has taken her into his cabin."
"Where's that?"