I shall not be able to side with you openly, and, no matter what indignities may be put upon me, you are to remain likewise silent.

We must provoke no scenes with this man, nor cross his will.

And we must keep smiling faces and be friendly with him no matter how repulsive it may be." She brushed her hand across her forehead in a puzzled way, saying, "Still I do not understand." "You must do as I say," I interrupted authoritatively, for I saw Wolf Larsen's gaze wandering toward us from where he paced up and down with Latimer amidships.

"Do as I say, and ere long you will find I am right." "What shall I do, then ?" she asked, detecting the anxious glance I had shot at the object of our conversation, and impressed, I flatter myself, with the earnestness of my manner.
"Dispense with all the moral courage you can," I said briskly.

"Don't arouse this man's animosity.