Quotation from: Elsinore

Written by: Jack London


In short, it was a lazy, quiet day of sunshine and gentle breeze.
There was no inkling to what had happened to the mate. Was he a
prisoner? Was he already overside? Why were there no shots? He had
his big automatic. It is inconceivable that he did not use it at
least once. Margaret and I discussed the affair till we were well a-
weary, but reached no conclusion.


She is a true daughter of the race. At the end of the second dog-
watch, armed with her father's revolver, she insisted on standing the
first watch of the night. I compromised with the inevitable by
having Wada make up my bed on the deck in the shelter of the cabin
skylight just for'ard of the jiggermast. Henry, the two sail-makers
and the steward, variously equipped with knives and clubs, were
stationed along the break of the poop.

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