The speed of the ship was regulated to carry out this idea.
The light so frequently mentioned in the conference is three hundred and sixty-two feet above the sea level, for it is built on the highest point of land in the south of the Bermudas, and could be seen at a distance of thirty miles.

At three bells in the first watch the light was reported by the lookout, and the speed was reduced somewhat.
About this time the detective came out of his stateroom, and entered that of Christy.

He had smeared his face with a brownish tint, which made him look as though he had been long exposed to the sun of the tropics.

He was dressed in a suit of coarse material, though it was not the garb of a sailor.

He had used the scissors on his long black mustache, and given it a snarly and unkempt appearance.