I am your father, I'm the father of all my crew, and don't forget that a father sometimes has to punish his children, so just you stay in your bunk till you're bid to come out of it." "Thank you, captain.

I wouldn't think of disobeying you.

Besides, I'm too weak to move yet." The captain and Miguel went out, and Robert heard them fastening the door on the outside.

Then the darkness shut him in again, and he lay back in his bunk.

The spark of hope somewhere in his mind had grown a little larger.