"Then he can put me in irons if he likes."
"Why, yes, if there be any such thing aboard, which I doubt. What on earth does he want to put you in irons for?"
"He doesn't. At least he didn't look as if he did. But he seems to think he has to, unless I obey orders. He threatened to have me shut up in my cabin."
"Hullo! And what have you been doing that you shouldn't do?"
"Talking to Little Miss Gr—Wayne."
"If that were a punishable offense," put in Judge Enderby, in his weighty voice, "half the men aboard would be in solitary confinement."
"I wish they were," said the Tyro fervently.
Judge Enderby chuckled. "Do you understand that the embargo is general?"
"Applies only to me, as far as I can make out."
"That's curious," said the archæologist. "What did you say to the captain?"