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He
heard
them
:
the
passengers
were
beginning
to
jabber
excitedly
;
somebody
dragged
a
heavy
box
past
his
door
.
He
heard
Captain
Whalley
's
voice
above
--
"
Stations
,
Mr.
Sterne
.
"
And
the
answer
from
somewhere
on
deck
forward
--
"
Ay
,
ay
,
sir
.
"
"
We
shall
moor
head
up
stream
this
time
;
the
ebb
has
made
.
"
"
Head
up
stream
,
sir
.
"
"
You
will
see
to
it
,
Mr.
Sterne
.
"
The
answer
was
covered
by
the
autocratic
clang
on
the
engine-room
gong
.
The
propeller
went
on
beating
slowly
:
one
,
two
,
three
;
one
,
two
,
three
--
with
pauses
as
if
hesitating
on
the
turn
.
The
gong
clanged
time
after
time
,
and
the
water
churned
this
way
and
that
by
the
blades
was
making
a
great
noisy
commotion
alongside
.
Mr.
Massy
did
not
move
.
A
shore-light
on
the
other
bank
,
a
quarter
of
a
mile
across
the
river
,
drifted
,
no
bigger
than
a
tiny
star
,
passing
slowly
athwart
the
circle
of
the
port
.
Voices
from
Mr.
Van
Wyk
's
jetty
answered
the
hails
from
the
ship
;
ropes
were
thrown
and
missed
and
thrown
again
;
the
swaying
flame
of
a
torch
carried
in
a
large
sampan
coming
to
fetch
away
in
state
the
Rajah
from
down
the
coast
cast
a
sudden
ruddy
glare
into
his
cabin
,
over
his
very
person
.
Mr.
Massy
did
not
move
.
After
a
few
last
ponderous
turns
the
engines
stopped
,
and
the
prolonged
clanging
of
the
gong
signified
that
the
captain
had
done
with
them
.
A
great
number
of
boats
and
canoes
of
all
sizes
boarded
the
off-side
of
the
Sofala
.
Then
after
a
time
the
tumult
of
splashing
,
of
cries
,
of
shuffling
feet
,
of
packages
dropped
with
a
thump
,
the
noise
of
the
native
passengers
going
away
,
subsided
slowly
.
On
the
shore
,
a
voice
,
cultivated
,
slightly
authoritative
,
spoke
very
close
alongside
--
"
Brought
any
mail
for
me
this
time
?
"
"
Yes
,
Mr.
Van
Wyk
.
"
This
was
from
Sterne
,
answering
over
the
rail
in
a
tone
of
respectful
cordiality
.
"
Shall
I
bring
it
up
to
you
?
"
