He only ate a biscuit now and then when it was brought to him, and he did not answer when he was spoken to.
Every one felt sympathy with the man who seemed to mourn so deeply for the lost youth.
At last Montague went up to him and said, in a gentle voice: "I fear that Henry is gone." Gascoyne started as if a sword had pierced him.

For one moment he looked fiercely in the young captain's face; then an expression of the deepest sadness overspread his countenance as he said: "Do you think there is no hope ?" "None," said Montague.

"I grieve to give pain to one who seems to have been an intimate friend of the lad." "He was the son of my oldest and best friend.

What would you advise, Mr.
Montague ?" "I think--that is to say, don't _you_ think--that it would be as well to put about now ?" Gascoyne's head dropped on his chest, and for some moments he stood speechless, while his strong hands played nervously with the tiller that they had held so long and so firmly.

At last he looked up and said, in a low voice: "I resign the schooner into your hands, Mr.Montague." Then he went slowly below, and shut himself up in his cabin.
Montague at once put down the helm, and, pointing the schooner's prow northward, steered for the harbor of Sandy Cove..