He was staring covertly at Jerry Hovey, and now he saw the gray-blue eyes of the bos'n flash up and glance with a singular meaning at Kamasura.

If he had heard every detail of the plot, Harrigan could not have understood more fully.

Thereafter, every moment he spent on the _Heron_ would be full of danger, but apparently Hovey had confided his hatred of the Irishman to Kamasura alone.

If Hovey had spoken to the rest of the forecastle, those blunt sailors would have showed their feelings by some scowling side glance at Harrigan.

It flashed across his mind that the reason Hovey wished him out of the way was because he feared him..