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This
was
the
reason
why
Mr.
Sterne
's
confidential
communication
,
delivered
hurriedly
on
the
shore
alongside
the
dark
silent
ship
,
had
disturbed
his
equanimity
.
It
was
the
most
incomprehensible
and
unexpected
thing
that
could
happen
;
and
the
perturbation
of
his
spirit
was
so
great
that
,
forgetting
all
about
his
letters
,
he
ran
rapidly
up
the
bridge
ladder
.
The
portable
table
was
being
put
together
for
dinner
to
the
left
of
the
wheel
by
two
pig-tailed
"
boys
,
"
who
as
usual
snarled
at
each
other
over
the
job
,
while
another
,
a
doleful
,
burly
,
very
yellow
Chinaman
,
resembling
Mr.
Massy
,
waited
apathetically
with
the
cloth
over
his
arm
and
a
pile
of
thick
dinner-plates
against
his
chest
.
A
common
cabin
lamp
with
its
globe
missing
,
brought
up
from
below
,
had
been
hooked
to
the
wooden
framework
of
the
awning
;
the
side-screens
had
been
lowered
all
round
;
Captain
Whalley
filling
the
depths
of
the
wicker-chair
seemed
to
sit
benumbed
in
a
canvas
tent
crudely
lighted
,
and
used
for
the
storing
of
nautical
objects
;
a
shabby
steering-wheel
,
a
battered
brass
binnacle
on
a
stout
mahogany
stand
,
two
dingy
life-buoys
,
an
old
cork
fender
lying
in
a
corner
,
dilapidated
deck-lockers
with
loops
of
thin
rope
instead
of
door-handles
.
He
shook
off
the
appearance
of
numbness
to
return
Mr.
Van
Wyk
's
unusually
brisk
greeting
,
but
relapsed
directly
afterwards
.
To
accept
a
pressing
invitation
to
dinner
"
up
at
the
house
"
cost
him
another
very
visible
physical
effort
.
Mr.
Van
Wyk
,
perplexed
,
folded
his
arms
,
and
leaning
back
against
the
rail
,
with
his
little
,
black
,
shiny
feet
well
out
,
examined
him
covertly
.
"
I
've
noticed
of
late
that
you
are
not
quite
yourself
,
old
friend
.
"
He
put
an
affectionate
gentleness
into
the
last
two
words
.
The
real
intimacy
of
their
intercourse
had
never
been
so
vividly
expressed
before
.
"
Tut
,
tut
,
tut
!
"
The
wicker-chair
creaked
heavily
.
"
Irritable
,
"
commented
Mr.
Van
Wyk
to
himself
;
and
aloud
,
"
I
'll
expect
to
see
you
in
half
an
hour
,
then
,
"
he
said
negligently
,
moving
off
.
"
In
half
an
hour
,
"
Captain
Whalley
's
rigid
silvery
head
repeated
behind
him
as
if
out
of
a
trance
.
Amidships
,
below
,
two
voices
,
close
against
the
engineroom
,
could
be
heard
answering
each
other
--
one
angry
and
slow
,
the
other
alert
.
