"Just stand by till I fix it up more natural." "Any guess what it all means ?" I asked.
"Well, it means one thing," said he.

"It means Trent was a liar.

I guess the story of the Flying Scud was a sight more picturesque than he gave out." Half an hour later, the whaleboat was lying astern of the Norah Creina; and Nares and I sought our bunks, silent and half-bewildered by our late discoveries..