Corny came on deck that day, for the sea was comparatively smooth, and took a seat on the quarter-deck.
Christy did not go near him, but he watched him very closely.

He had not long to wait before Mr.Galvinne, who was then the officer of the deck, spoke to him, and they had quite a long conversation.

He could not hear a word of it; but the fact that they were intimate enough to hold what appeared to be a confidential interview was enough to satisfy the prisoner that the second lieutenant was the principle confederate of his cousin.

How many of the crew were "packed" for the enterprise he could form no idea.
The weather continued favorable till the end of the cruise, and then on the eighth day the Vernon arrived near her destination off Pensacola Bay.

Thus far no attempt had been made to capture the steamer, and the plot was as dark as it had been in the beginning.