CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| XVIII. | SHE IS TAKEN BEFORE THE COMMANDER | [ 1] |
| XIX. | SHE IS QUESTIONED BY THE DOCTOR | [ 30] |
| XX. | SHE CONVERSES WITH HER COUSIN | [ 56] |
| XXI. | SHE ENTERS UPON HER DUTIES | [ 73] |
| XXII. | SHE SEES HER SWEETHEART | [ 92] |
| XXIII. | SHE VISITS THE BARRACKS | [ 108] |
| XXIV. | SHE ALARMS HER COUSIN | [ 128] |
| XXV. | SHE DELIVERS HER LETTER, AND SEES A CONVICT PUNISHED | [ 144] |
| XXVI. | SHE ATTENDS CHURCH SERVICE AND WITNESSES A TRAGEDY | [ 159] |
| XXVII. | SHE LISTENS TO A CONVERSATION | [ 181] |
| XXVIII. | SHE OVERHEARS TWO SAILORS TALKING | [ 196] |
| XXIX. | SHE IS ALARMED BY WHAT IS SAID BY THE OFFICERS | [ 207] |
| XXX. | SHE CONVERSES WITH HER SWEETHEART | [ 221] |
| XXXI. | SHE DESCRIBES A STORM | [ 242] |
| XXXII. | SHE DESCRIBES THE SEIZURE OF THE SHIP BY THE CONVICTS | [ 256] |
| XXXIII. | SHE DESCRIBES THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE CONVICTS | [ 287] |
THE CONVICT SHIP
CHAPTER XVIII
SHE IS TAKEN BEFORE THE COMMANDER
I was awakened from a deep slumber by the glare of a lantern upon my eyes, by the weight of a heavy hand upon my shoulder, and by a deep voice roaring out: ‘Here y’are, then! Another convict, is it? Who’s to say what’s right aboard a craft where everything’s wrong? Out you come, my lively!’ And, still half asleep and blinded by the light and deafened by the fellow’s roaring voice, I was dragged as though I had been a child out of the sail and held erect.
A second man holding a lantern raised it to my face and peered at me. I had seen both fellows in this place before; they were the boatswain and the sailmaker.
‘What are you a-doing down here?’ said the sailmaker.
The boatswain now let me go, and I stood upright before the two men, still dazed and horribly frightened, though my wits were slowly returning.