"Who was he?"
"He was a pilot on a steamer," replied Mrs. Vincent. "He and my husband became acquainted while they were on a boat near New York. I never saw him till just before we sailed from the Cape. He is a bad man."
"That is plain enough," added Levi; "but where is he now?"
"He and three other men were washed overboard when the vessel struck on the rocks."
"And three of the men were saved?"
"Yes; Mat Mogmore, the steward, and another man."
"Why did you sail without your husband, Mrs. Vincent?" asked Levi.
"I don't know anything about this business. I hadn't anything to do with it," replied the poor woman; and Levi and Bessie pitied her because she was the wife of such a bad man.
"I am sure she had nothing to do with carrying me off, Levi," interposed Bessie. "She has been very kind to me from the moment I went on board of the Caribbee, and would have assisted me to escape, if there had been any chance."
"I am very glad indeed to know that," added Levi. "I don't see why this Captain Gauley sailed without your husband."