For the rest the sea was a dark blue plain with an occasional flicker of light as the gleam of starlight fell on the slope of a swelling wave.
When supper was over we all adjourned to the room which Mr.Trelawny had set aside as his study, his bedroom being close to it.

As we entered, the first thing I noticed was a great safe, somewhat similar to that which stood in his room in London.

When we were in the room Mr.Trelawny went over to the table, and, taking out his pocket-book, laid it on the table.

As he did so he pressed down on it with the palm of his hand.

A strange pallor came over his face.