Captain Cumberland explained to the principal the circumstances under which Ole had come on board, and that he declined to say anything in regard to the strange situation in which he had been discovered.
“Is the captain here?” asked the midshipman of the watch, at the steerage door.
“Yes,” replied Captain Cumberland.
“Mr. Lincoln sent me down to report a light on the lee bow, sir.”
“Very well. Where is Mr. Beckwith?”
“In the cabin, sir.”
The captain left the main cabin, and entered the after cabin, where he found Beckwith, the first master, attended by the second and third, examining the large chart of the North Sea.
“Light on the lee bow, sir,” said the first master.
“Do you make it out?”
“Yes; we are all right to the breadth of a hair,” added the master, delighted to find that his calculations had proved to be entirely correct. “It is Egero Light, and we are about fifty miles from the Naze of Norway. We are making about four knots, and if the breeze holds, we ought to see Gunnarshoug Light by one o’clock.”