14/16 Even as he spoke and smiled I felt that from inside his skull he was watching me, studying me. And somehow, in a flash of intuition, I knew not why, I was reminded of the three strange young men, routed last from the forecastle, to whom Mr.Pike had read the law. They, too, had given me a similar impression. His feet were even larger than Mr.Pike's, but the hands--I shot a quick glance to see--were not so large as Mr.Pike's. |