eye i ain t af of i ain t af of you and i ain t af of words you want to kill people that s you want but you want to do it in kid gloves and it can t be done that w y murder ain t genteel it ain t easy it ain t safe and it a man to do it ere s the man david and began the captain with energy and then stopped and remained staring at him with brows � well with it said ave you else to put up is there any other to try the captain held his peace there you are then said with a shrug fell again to his pacing oh you may do go till you re blue in the you won t find else said there was a little silence � the captain like a man launched on a swing flying among extremes of conjecture and refusal but see he said suddenly pausing can you can the thing be done it � it can t be easy if i get within twenty foot of im it be done so you look out said and his tone of certainty was absolute how can you know that broke from the captain in a choked cry you beast i believe you ve done it before oh that s private returned i ain t a talking man a shock of struck and shook the captain a scream rose almost to his lips had he uttered it he might have cast himself at the same moment on the body of might have picked him up and flung him down and wiped the the ebb tide cabin with him in a frenzy of cruelty that seemed half moral but the moment passed and the crisis left the man weaker the were high � the pearls on the one hand starvation and shame on the other ten years of pearls the imagination of translated them into a new existence for himself and his family the seat of this new life must be in london � there were deadly reasons against � and the pictures that came to him were of english manners he saw his boys marching in the procession of a school with gowns on an them and reading as he walked in a great book he was in a villa semi detached the name on the gate posts in a chair on the gravel walk he seemed to sit smoking a cigar a blue ribbon in his victor over himself and circumstances and the of he saw the parlor with red curtains and shells on the mantel piece and with the fine of visions mixed a at the mahogany table ere he turned in with that the gave one of the and nameless movements which even in an ship and even in the most profound calm remind one of the of and he was back again under the cover of the house the fierce daylight it all round and glaring in the and the clerk in a rather airy attitude awaiting his decision he began to walk again he after the david and of these dreams like a horse for water the lust of them burned in his inside and the only obstacle was who had insulted him om the first he gave a full share of the pearls he insisted on it opposed him and he trod the opposition down and praised himself exceedingly he was not going to use himself was he s keeper it was a pity he had asked but after all � he saw the boys again in the school procession with the gowns he had thought to be so long since � and at the same time the shame of the last evening blazed up in his mind have it your own way he said hoarsely oh i knew you would walk up said now for the letter there s paper pens and ink sit down and i the captain took a seat and the pen looked awhile helplessly at the paper then at the swing had gone the other way there was a upon his eyes it s a dreadful business he said with a strong of his shoulders it s rather a start no doubt said a dip of ink that s it william john esq sir he dictated how do you know his name is william john asked saw it on a packing case said got that no said but there s another thing what are we to write the ebb tide oh my cried the exasperated kind of man do you call yourself i m goin to tell you to write � that s my pitch � if you just be so as to write it down william john esq sir he and the captain at last beginning half mechanically to move his pen the proceeded is of and thai i approach you after the events of last night our mr has left the and will have doubtless communicated to you the nature of our needless to these are no longer possible fate as against us and we bow the well as i am of the just suspicions with i am re i do not venture to of an interview for myself but in order to put an end to a w must be equally to all i ave my friend and partner mr z to before you my proposals and by their will i trust be found to merit your attention mr j l is entirely j swear to and will old over is the moment he begins to approach you i am your servant john read the letter with the innocent joy of chuckled to himself and it more than once after it was folded to repeat the pleasure � meanwhile sitting and heavily frowning of a sudden he rose he seemed all abroad david and i � no he 