"I've an idea.

I'LL find out which the captain is.

You see that picture, that chromo, on the wall opposite ?" Blix looked as he indicated.

The picture was a gorgeously colored lithograph of a pilot-boat, schooner-rigged, all sails set, dashing bravely through seas of emerald green color.
"You mean that schooner ?" asked Blix.
"That schooner, exactly.

Now, listen.