To-morrow morning I will go on board the _Halbrane_.
Whether he likes it or whether he doesn't, this Len Guy will have to hear what I've got to say, and to give me an answer, yes or no!" Besides, the captain of the _Halbrane_ might come at dinner-time to the Green Cormorant, where the ship's people usually took their meals when ashore.

So I waited, and did not go to dinner until late.
I was disappointed, however, for neither the captain nor anyone belonging to the ship patronized the Green Cormorant that day.

I had to dine alone, exactly as I had been doing every day for two months.
After dinner, about half-past seven, when it was dark, I went out to walk on the port, keeping on the side of the houses.

The quay was quite deserted; not a man of the _Halbrane_ crew was ashore.

The ship's boats were alongside, rocking gently on the rising tide.