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Van
Wyk
understood
at
once
that
he
would
never
see
her
any
more
.
But
he
did
not
know
what
had
happened
till
some
months
afterwards
,
when
,
in
a
native
craft
lent
him
by
his
Sultan
,
he
had
made
his
way
to
the
Sofala
's
port
of
registry
,
where
already
her
existence
and
the
official
inquiry
into
her
loss
was
beginning
to
be
forgotten
.
It
had
not
been
a
very
remarkable
or
interesting
case
,
except
for
the
fact
that
the
captain
had
gone
down
with
his
sinking
ship
.
It
was
the
only
life
lost
;
and
Mr.
Van
Wyk
would
not
have
been
able
to
learn
any
details
had
it
not
been
for
Sterne
,
whom
he
met
one
day
on
the
quay
near
the
bridge
over
the
creek
,
almost
on
the
very
spot
where
Captain
Whalley
,
to
preserve
his
daughter
's
five
hundred
pounds
intact
,
had
turned
to
get
a
sampan
which
would
take
him
on
board
the
Sofala
.
From
afar
Mr.
Van
Wyk
saw
Sterne
blink
straight
at
him
and
raise
his
hand
to
his
hat
.
They
drew
into
the
shade
of
a
building
(
it
was
a
bank
)
,
and
the
mate
related
how
the
boat
with
the
crew
got
into
Pangu
Bay
about
six
hours
after
the
accident
,
and
how
they
had
lived
for
a
fortnight
in
a
state
of
destitution
before
they
found
an
opportunity
to
get
away
from
that
beastly
place
.
The
inquiry
had
exonerated
everybody
from
all
blame
.
The
loss
of
the
ship
was
put
down
to
an
unusual
set
of
the
current
.
Indeed
,
it
could
not
have
been
anything
else
:
there
was
no
other
way
to
account
for
the
ship
being
set
seven
miles
to
the
eastward
of
her
position
during
the
middle
watch
.
"
A
piece
of
bad
luck
for
me
,
sir
.
"
Sterne
passed
his
tongue
on
his
lips
,
and
glanced
aside
.
"
I
lost
the
advantage
of
being
employed
by
you
,
sir
.
I
can
never
be
sorry
enough
.
But
here
it
is
:
one
man
's
poison
,
another
man
's
meat
.
This
could
not
have
been
handier
for
Mr.
Massy
if
he
had
arranged
that
shipwreck
himself
.
The
most
timely
total
loss
I
've
ever
heard
of
.
"
"
What
became
of
that
Massy
?
"
asked
Mr.
Van
Wyk
.
"
He
,
sir
?
Ha
!
ha
!
He
would
keep
on
telling
me
that
he
meant
to
buy
another
ship
;
but
as
soon
as
he
had
the
money
in
his
pocket
he
cleared
out
for
Manilla
by
mail-boat
early
in
the
morning
.
I
gave
him
chase
right
aboard
,
and
he
told
me
then
he
was
going
to
make
his
fortune
dead
sure
in
Manilla
.
I
could
go
to
the
devil
for
all
he
cared
.
And
yet
he
as
good
as
promised
to
give
me
the
command
if
I
did
n't
talk
too
much
.
"
"
You
never
said
anything
...
"
Mr.
Van
Wyk
began
.
"
Not
I
,
sir
.
Why
should
I
?
I
mean
to
get
on
,
but
the
dead
are
n't
in
my
way
,
"
said
Sterne
.
His
eyelids
were
beating
rapidly
,
then
drooped
for
an
instant
.
"
Besides
,
sir
,
it
would
have
been
an
awkward
business
.
You
made
me
hold
my
tongue
just
a
bit
too
long
.
"
