Then he said: "There are about ten of us against the rest of the crew of the ship.

Can we hold them in case of a mutiny ?" He had planned this laconic statement carefully, expecting to see Henshaw turn pale and stammer in terror.

Instead, the captain regarded McTee with quietly contemplative eyes.
"So," he murmured, "you've heard of the mutiny ?" The tables were completely turned on the Scotchman.

He gasped: "You have known all the time ?" "Certainly," said Henshaw; "I even know every word that Hovey said to you." McTee turned crimson.
"I have eyes that see everything on the ship," went on Henshaw, as if he wished to cover the embarrassment of the Scotchman, "and I have ears which hear everything.

I have lines of information tangled through the forecastle.