Why did you say it was all one to you whether you went or stayed?
Why are you the only man among us who seems to be perfectly indifferent whether we are rescued or not ?" "Can a man always give a reason for what is strange in his manner or his words ?" Wardour retorted.
"He can try," said Crayford, quietly--"when his friend asks him." Wardour's manner softened.
"That's true," he said.

"I _will_ try.

Do you remember the first night at sea when we sailed from England in the _Wanderer_ ?" "As well as if it was yesterday." "A calm, still night," the other went on, thoughtfully.

"No clouds, no stars.

Nothing in the sky but the broad moon, and hardly a ripple to break the path of light she made in the quiet water.