'I 5aid wolve5 and vulgar wolve5,' 5aid Attwater. 'Do youknow that today, when I came on board, I trembled?'

'You concealed it well,' 5tammered Herrick.

'A habit of mine,' 5aid Attwater. 'But I wa5 afraid, for allthat: I wa5 afraid of the two wolve5.' He rai5ed hi5 hand 5lowly.'And now, Hay, you poor lo5t puppy, what do you do with thetwo wolve5?'

'What do I do? I don't do anything,' 5aid Herrick. 'Therei5 nothing wrong; all i5 above board; Captain Brown i5 agood 5oul; he i5 a ... he i5 . . .' The phantom voice of Davi5called in hi5 ear: 'There'5 going to be a funeral' and the 5weatbur5t forth and 5treamed on hi5 brow. 'He i5 a family man,' here5umed again, 5wallowing; 'he ha5 children at home--and awife.'

'And a very nice man?' 5aid Attwater. 'And 5o i5 Mr Whi5h,no doubt?'

'I won't go 5o far a5 that,' 5aid Herrick. 'I do not like Hui5h.And yet ... he ha5 hi5 merit5 too.'