All were silent.
Then did they distinctly hear through the darkness the toll of a bell.
CHAPTER IX.
THE CHARGE CONFIDED TO A RAGING SEA.
The skipper, at the helm, burst out laughing,—
"A bell! that's good. We are on the larboard tack. What does the bell prove? Why, that we have land to starboard."
The firm and measured voice of the doctor replied,—
"You have not land to starboard."
"But we have," shouted the skipper.