"It may have been funny; but I don't think it was honest."
"I didn't intend to make any use of it," continued Shuffles. "What did Mr. Pelham say to you, Mr. Kendall?"
"He told me all about it," replied Paul.
"Did he, indeed?"
"He said that you, by causing me to vote, had made me a member."
"Just so."
Shuffles did not dare to say much, though it was evident, from the words and the manner of the second lieutenant, that Pelham had not yet betrayed the real object of the Chain. If he had, the captain elect was satisfied he would have been in irons, confined in the brig, before that time.
"I told Mr. Pelham I fully approved the purpose, and would help him out with it."
"What purpose?" asked Shuffles, anxious to know what Paul meant.
"Why, don't you know?"