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They went on board thatberth The only living creature on board was the

ship-keeper--whether the same who had been described to us by Mr Powell,

or another, I don't know Possibly so over the

side, saw, in his oords, 'the captain coo-shed, in coirl' He lowered the

accommodation ladder down on to the jetty"

"How do you know all this?" I interrupted

Marlow interjected an impatient:

"You shall see by and byFlora went up first, got down on deck and

stood stock-still till the captain took her by the arm and led her aft

The ship-keeper let them into the saloon He had the keys of all the

cabins, and stumped in after them The captain ordered him to open all

the doors, every blessed door; state-rooes, pantry,

fore-cabin--and then sent hinificent acco fro saloon, its surand air of rooing la in its place, even to the silver on the sideboard Two large

stern cabins opened out of it, one on each side of the rudder casing

These two cabins coh a small bathroom between them, and

one was fitted up as the captain's state-room The other was vacant, and

furnished with arm-chairs and a round table,curved settee following the shape of the ship's

stern In a diht down to the waist of

a pale-faced girl in a white straw hat trimmed with roses, distant,

shadowy, as if inize herself

in those surroundings They seee

Captain Anthony moved on, and she followed him He showed her the other

cabins He talked all the time loudly in a voice she see time; and yet, she reflected, she had not