But how queer for Mr Gurr to be talking like that to Andrew Teal, the boy who helped the cook! And why did Andy call Mr Gurr father ?" There was an interval of thinking over this knotty question, during which the low whistling went on.
"If Mr Brough goes on deck and catches that boy whistling, there'll be someone to pay and no pitch hot," thought Archy nautically.

"But what did Mr Gurr mean about going home to breakfast?
And I'm hungry too.
Time I was up, I suppose." He gave himself a twist, and was about to turn out of his sleeping place, and then opened his eyes widely, and stared about him, too much overcome still by his heavy sleep to quite comprehend why it was that he was in a gloomy, oak-panelled, poorly furnished room, staring at an iron-barred open window.
No: he was not dreaming, for he was looking out on the sea, over which a faint mist hung like wreaths of smoke.

It was just before sunrise too, for there were flecks of orange high up in the sky.
What did it mean?
The answer came like a flash.

He recollected it all now, even to his sitting down in the chair, wearied out.
He had been fast asleep, and those words had awakened him.
What did they say ?--false alarm--tell Sir Risdon they would clear all away to-night--see if anything had been left about--lobster-boat! Then no boat had come from the cutter last night, and the lieutenant would wait for him to signal, and here he was a prisoner, with the information--locked up--the very news the lieutenant would give anything to know.
He jumped up from the chair feeling horribly stiff, and looked steadily round for a way to escape before it was too late.

Once out of that room he could ran, and by daylight the smugglers dare not hunt him down.
"Oh, those bars!" he mentally exclaimed, and he was advancing toward them, when just as he drew near, there was a rustling noise under the window, a couple of hands seized the bars, there was a scratching of boot-toes against stone work, and Ram's face appeared to gaze into the room by intention, but into the astonished countenance of the young midshipman instead.
Ram was the first to recover from his surprise.
"Hullo!" he said, "who are you?
I was wondering why that window was open." "Here, quick! Go round and open the door.