A minute after, a man in the yards signalled that he saw another.

It was not a hundred yards away, and was floating near the surface.

It was a strange sight, for the water was a vivid green, and the man wore garments of white and scarlet, and looked a part of some strange mosaic: as one has seen astonishing figures set in balls of solid glass.

This figure framed in the sea was Boyd Madras.

The boat was signalled, it drew near, and two men dragged the body in, as a shark darted forward, just too late, to seize it.