The pair looked up.

The man who had arrived on the previous night stood in the sitting-room doorway.

How long he had been standing there the captain did not know.

What he did know was that Mr.John Smith by daylight was not more prepossessing than the same individual viewed by the aid of a lamp.
Emily saw the stranger and slid from Captain Cy's knees.

The captain rose.
"Bos'n," he said, "this is Mr .-- er--Smith, who's goin' to make us a little visit.