Jed, standing with his back toward him and looking out of the window on the side of the shop toward the sea, did not answer.
"Do you hear me ?" asked the captain.

"That telegram struck him like a shock of paralysis.

He went all to pieces.

What on earth do you suppose was in it?
Eh?
Why don't you say somethin'?
YOU don't know what was in it, do you ?" Winslow shook his head.

"No," he answered.