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I told him that I understood; and he proceeded to callup of s of awe left yet,

after all these years, at the precise workmanship of chance, fate,

providence, call it what you will! "For, observe, Marlow," he said,

at me very round eyes which contrasted funnily with the austere

touch of grey on his te

depended on thethat

coil of rope on the deck, and on the topsail-tie carrying away in around the coalass-pane at the end of the skylight It had the arms of the city of

Liverpool on it; I don't knohy unless because the Ferndale was

registered in Liverpool It was very thick plate glass Anyhow, the

upper part got ss aloft Mr

Franklin had set the carpenter to patch up the dalass I don't knohere they got them; I think the people who

fitted up new bookcases in the captain's room had left some spare panes

Chips was there the whole afternoon on his knees,with putty and

red-lead It wasn't a neat job when it was done, not by any means, but

it would serve to keep the weather out and let the light in Clear

glass And of course I was not thinking of it I just stooped to pick

up that rope and found lass,

and--dash it all! I foundto myself that it was impossible to tell as in people's

heads or at the back of their talk, or what they were likely to be up to

And here I found myself up to as low a trick as you can well think of

For, after I had stooped, there I re, where I had no business to look Not consciously at first,can stop his to see in front of him What I saw at first

was the end of the table and the tray clamped on to it, a patent tray for

sea use, fitted with holders for a couple of decanters, water-jug and

glasses The glitter of these things caught my eye first; but what I saw

next was the captain down there, alone as far as I could see; and I could

see pretty well the whole of that part up to the cottage piano, dark