24/40 Besides, we were coming up to the boat, and with us those of our men whose hesitation bad not lasted long. The others were still thirteen to our ten. Captain Len Guy made his appearance; anger shone in his eyes, and with him was West, quite unmoved. Words failed the captain for some moments, but his looks said what his tongue could not utter. At length, in a terrible voice, he said,-- "I ought to treat you as evil-doers; however, I will only consider you as madmen! The boat belongs to everybody. |