When he straightened up again, he made a gesture of finality with his crimsoned hands.

The mate was dead.
They cut his body loose at once and pitched him over the rail, then turned their attention to Van Roos.

Sam Hall was the inspired man this time, and according to his directions they lashed the body of the big mate on the same blood-spotted hatch cover where Borgson had lain a moment before, but this time the victim was placed upon his back.

Hall himself attended to the tying of Van Roos's head, and he performed his work so ably that the mate could not change his position in the least particle.

He was literally swathed in ropes; so much so, in fact, that it was difficult to see how he could be tormented.