"You 'll learn it all soon enough."
"You 're a sneaking detective!"
"Oh, no, Henley; I 'm merely a man who drifted into this adventure blindly, but now I am going to fight it out for sake of the woman. It's a pity for you that you did n't tap me on the head a bit harder back in the cellar."
His teeth ground together savagely, and he burst into a string of oaths.
"That's enough," and I got to my feet. "I see I 'll have to gag you again."
"Where 's the steward?"
"Asleep in the pantry when I came in here."
"And Herman—has n't he got on board yet?"
"Oh, yes; two hours, or more, ago. He has the deck watch, while the Creole is below. Anything else you desire explained?"
"You think you 're smart, but you 'll sing a different song before I 'm through," he snarled. "I 'm hungry, and I want to know why that Dutchman did n't come down here and report."