20/36 But you wasn't the one I did it to. It was him." Judging by the Captain's expression his conviction that all hands, himself included, had lost their reason was momentarily growing firmer. "You done somethin' to me and I--well, by Judas, this is--" "Hush, Shadrach! What was it you done, Mary, that made you afraid of Cap'n Gould? I won't hurt you and I won't let anybody else." "YOU won't let--Zoeth Hamilton, I swan, I--" "Be still, Shadrach, for mercy sakes! Now, what was it, dearie ?" Mary-'Gusta hesitated. Then she buried her face in Mr.Hamilton's jacket and sobbed a confession. |