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He
muttered
suggestively
of
a
talk
"
up
at
the
house
.
"
He
had
long
desired
to
effect
an
entrance
there
,
but
Mr.
Van
Wyk
nonchalantly
demurred
:
it
would
not
,
he
feared
,
be
quite
prudent
,
perhaps
;
and
the
opaque
black
shadow
under
one
of
the
two
big
trees
left
at
the
landing-place
swallowed
them
up
,
impenetrably
dense
,
by
the
side
of
the
wide
river
,
that
seemed
to
spin
into
threads
of
glitter
the
light
of
a
few
big
stars
dropped
here
and
there
upon
its
outspread
and
flowing
stillness
.
"
The
situation
is
grave
beyond
doubt
,
"
Mr.
Van
Wyk
said
.
Ghost-like
in
their
white
clothes
they
could
not
distinguish
each
others
'
features
,
and
their
feet
made
no
sound
on
the
soft
earth
.
A
sort
of
purring
was
heard
.
Mr.
Sterne
felt
gratified
by
such
a
beginning
.
"
I
thought
,
Mr.
Van
Wyk
,
a
gentleman
of
your
sort
would
see
at
once
how
awkwardly
I
was
situated
.
"
"
Yes
,
very
.
Obviously
his
health
is
bad
.
Perhaps
he
's
breaking
up
.
I
see
,
and
he
himself
is
well
aware
--
I
assume
I
am
speaking
to
a
man
of
sense
--
he
is
well
aware
that
his
legs
are
giving
out
.
"
"
His
legs
--
ah
!
"
Mr.
Sterne
was
disconcerted
,
and
then
turned
sulky
.
"
You
may
call
it
his
legs
if
you
like
;
what
I
want
to
know
is
whether
he
intends
to
clear
out
quietly
.
That
's
a
good
one
,
too
!
His
legs
!
Pooh
!
"
"
Why
,
yes
.
Only
look
at
the
way
he
walks
.
"
Mr.
Van
Wyk
took
him
up
in
a
perfectly
cool
and
undoubting
tone
.
"
The
question
,
however
,
is
whether
your
sense
of
duty
does
not
carry
you
too
far
from
your
true
interest
.
After
all
,
I
too
could
do
something
to
serve
you
.
You
know
who
I
am
.
"
"
Everybody
along
the
Straits
has
heard
of
you
,
sir
.
"
Mr.
Van
Wyk
presumed
that
this
meant
something
favorable
.
Sterne
had
a
soft
laugh
at
this
pleasantry
.
He
should
think
so
!
To
the
opening
statement
,
that
the
partnership
agreement
was
to
expire
at
the
end
of
this
very
trip
,
he
gave
an
attentive
assent
.
He
was
aware
.
One
heard
of
nothing
else
on
board
all
the
blessed
day
long
.
As
to
Massy
,
it
was
no
secret
that
he
was
in
a
jolly
deep
hole
with
these
worn-out
boilers
.
He
would
have
to
borrow
somewhere
a
couple
of
hundred
first
of
all
to
pay
off
the
captain
;
and
then
he
would
have
to
raise
money
on
mortgage
upon
the
ship
for
the
new
boilers
--
that
is
,
if
he
could
find
a
lender
at
all
.
At
best
it
meant
loss
of
time
,
a
break
in
the
trade
,
short
earnings
for
the
year
--
and
there
was
always
the
danger
of
having
his
connection
filched
away
from
him
by
the
Germans
.
It
was
whispered
about
that
he
had
already
tried
two
firms
.
Neither
would
have
anything
to
do
with
him
.
Ship
too
old
,
and
the
man
too
well
known
in
the
place
...
Mr.
Sterne
's
final
rapid
winking
remained
buried
in
the
deep
darkness
sibilating
with
his
whispers
.
