time for thought he at once put the ghost upon her course � a course which meant the seal herd and not harbor but the men were no longer eager as they pulled and hauled and i heard curses amongst them which left their lips smothered and as heavy and lifeless as were they not so was it with the hunters smoke the irrepressible related a and they descended into the with laughter as i passed to of the on my way aft i was approached by the engineer we had rescued his face was white his lips were trembling good g xl sir what kind of a craft is this he cried you have eyes you have seen i answered almost what of the pain and fear at my own heart your promise i said to i was not thinking of taking them aboard when i made that promise he answered and anyway you u agree i ve not laid my hands upon them tlie sea wolf far from it far from it he laughed a moment later i made do reply i was incapable of speaking my mind was too i must h time to i knew this woman sleeping even now in the spare cabin was a responsibility which consider and the rational thought that through my mind was that i must do nothing hastily if i were to be any help to her at all chapter xx the remainder of the day passed the young slip of a gale having our proceeded to moderate the fourth engineer and the three after a warm with wolf were with from the assigned es un der the hunters in the various boats and watches on the vessel and forward into the they went but their voices were not loud they were awed by what they had already seen of wolf s character while the tale of woe they speedily beard in the took the last bit of rebellion out of them miss � we had learned her name from the engineer � slept on and on at supper i requested the hunters to lower their voices so she was not disturbed and it was not till next morning that she made her appearance it had been my intention to have her meals served apart but wolf put down his foot who was she that she should be too good for cabin table and cabin society had been his demand but her coming to the table had something amusing in it the hunters fell silent as and smoke alone were stealing stealthy glances at her now and again and even taking part in the conversation the other four men their eyes on their plates and steadily and with thoughtful their ears moving a id in time with their like the ears of so many animals the sea wolf i i little to say at first doing no more than reply when he was addressed not that he was abashed far from it this woman was a new type to him a different breed from any he had c cr known and he was curious he studied her his eyes rarely leaving her face unless to follow the movements of her hands or shoulders i studied her myself and though it was i who maintained the conversation i know that i was a bit shy not quite his was the perfect the supreme confidence in self which nothing could shake and he was no more of a woman than be was of storm and battle and when shall we arrive at she asked to him and him in the eyes there it was the question flat the jaws stopped working the ears ceased and though eyes remained on plates each man listened for the answer in four months possibly three if the season early said she caught her breath and stammered i � i thought � i was given to understand that was only a day s sail away it � here she paused and looked about the table at the circle of faces staring hard at the plates it is not right she concluded that is a question you must settle with mr van there he replied nodding to me with a mischievous t� mr van is what you may call an authority on such things as rights now i who am only a sailor would look upon the situation somewhat differently it may possibly be your misfortune that u have to remain with us but it is certainly our good fortune � i it a the sea wolf he regarded her her eyes fell before his gaze but she lifted them again and to mine i read the question there was it right but i bad decided that the part i was to play must be a one so i did not answer what do you think i she demanded that it is unfortunate if you have any engagements falling due in the course of the next several months but since you say that you were to for your health i can assure you that it will improve no better anywhere than aboard the ghosts i saw her eyes flash with indignation and this time it was i who dropped mine while i felt my face flushing under her gaze it was cowardly but what else could i do mr van speaks with the voice of authority wolf laughed i nodded my head and she having recovered herself waited not that he is much to speak of now wolf went on but he has improved wonderfully you should have seen him when he came on board a more pitiful specimen of humanity one could hardly conceive isn t that so thus directly addressed was startled into dropping his knife on the floor though he managed to developed himself by potatoes and washing dishes again that worthy look at him now true he is not what you would term muscular 