"Can I hand you some water, ma'm?" asked Jenks.
"What made you come with us, you rogue?" she asked, without turning her head.
"I was with ye from the start, s'help me," said Jenks. "I only goes with the other side when I feared they'd kill all hands."
"Well, it's a good thing for you, you contemptible rascal," she answered in an even tone.
All of a sudden I noticed a flicker of light above the cabin of the Sovereign. It died away for an instant and then flared again, Miss Sackett laughed convulsively.
"Look," she said.
At that instant a red glare flashed up from the derelict. It shone on her maintopsail and staysails and lit up the ocean around her.
"Faith, but she's afire," cried Chips. "Look at them."
I turned the boat's head around and ran her off before the wind, hauling up again and standing for the wreck to get near her. Miss Sackett seized my arm and held it fast.
"Don't go back for them!" she cried. "You shall not go back for them!"