They were Captain Shadrach and Mr.Hamilton.Much younger they looked, of course; their hair was not gray and Zoeth wore a beard, while Shadrach had only a mustache.

But, in spite of these things and the odd clothes they wore, she was sure she recognized them.

And, having recognized them, she also recognized the man in the center of the group as her stepfather, Captain Marcellus Hall.

The fourth man, evidently younger than the others, a handsome, square-shouldered chap in his shirtsleeves, she did not know.
She turned the photograph over.

On its back was written: Firm of Hall and Company.