"No; an Indian boy and myself have a boat between us; it was Jo saw her first."
"Well?"
"A MINUTE AFTER IT WAS LIGHT FOR AN INSTANT AND WE GOT SIGHT OF HER."
"We were tacking across the channel, and it was very dark. We had just come about, and suddenly I heard a swish in the water and felt something a yard or so off sweeping by. I couldn't see what it was at first. It seemed to pass in the air. Jo heard it too, and we were both pretty scared. A minute after it was light for an instant and we got sight of her, a few yards to windward of us, bending under her sail. Jo pointed her out to me, and the next moment she seemed to disappear. We got into port this afternoon very late with our fish, and as soon as I could I came to tell you."
"How many times have you seen this—this ship without a light?"
"Just the once. We don't carry a light ourselves, or we mightn't have seen her this time."
"Where was this?"
"To the south of Fidalgo Island."
"In the outer channel?"