"The sea! Simpleton, what are you doing here?"
"Waiting for the boat, sir."
"What shed is this?"
Dan could hear that at this question Davy was in a fever of excitement.
"Only a place for bits of net and cable, and all to that," said Davy, eagerly.
Dan could feel that Jarvis had stepped up to the shed, and that he was trying to look in through the little window.
"Do you keep a fire to warm your nets and cables?" he asked in a suspicious tone.
At the next moment he was trying to force the door. Dan stood behind. The bolt creaked in the hasp. If the hasp should give way, he and Jarvis would stand face to face.
"Strange—there's something strange about all this," said the man outside. "I heard a scream as I came over the Head. Did you hear anything?"
"I tell you I heard nothing," said Davy, sullenly.