The captain and Paul walked up and down the quarter deck talking over the situation.

The determined attitude of the men seemed to have caused a change in the captain's opinion, so much so that he gave Paul a long lecture on the duty of superior officers to treat their men kindly.
An examination of the second mate proved that he had been cut in five different places.

All the simple remedies in the sea-chest were applied to relieve him from his sufferings.

Neither the captain nor Paul had sufficient medical knowledge to know whether he was seriously wounded or not.

They ad the steward wash the cuts which they covered liberally with plasters to stop the bleeding.