“Yis, sur. I was goin’ in the first boat that wint down the harbor. I wint in to ould Atkins to take the pay, for the others had got theirs, and there wasn’t enough in his pocket for me when he paid thim, so he tould me to come in whin I kem up from the island, and begorra, I tuk him at his word.”
“Did Atkins pay those men himself?”
“Deed he did, sur. Early in the mornin’ when they wint down, he was there, and paid thim.”
“This Captain Bangham is the captain of the Soliman, I suppose?”
“Yis, sur.”
“Where does the boat lie that has the negro on board?”
“At the wharf o’ the island, sur.”
“This room in which the men stay—where is it?”
“It’s in the outbuilding, sur. A little room nixt to the kitchen, low down, wid the doore openin’ on the ground, an’ wan step for the stairs, sur.”
“Good. Now, Driscoll, you are not going to help these men any more?”