LOVE BREAKS SILENCE West was so immersed in his own thoughts, awakened by these new developments, he apparently did not hear what the girl said.

She reached out and pressed his arm.
"Do you not see, Captain West?
Daylight is coming; it is much lighter over there." He lifted his head, and looked where she pointed.

A dull, grey light topped the waters, and the sky above held a faint tinge of crimson.

The wan glow accented the loneliness, and for the moment left him depressed.
Was there ever a more sombre scene than was presented by that waste of tumbling waves, stretching to the horizon, arched over by a clouded sky?
It grew clearer, more distinct, yet remained the same dead expanse of restless water, on which they tossed helplessly and alone.

Nothing broke the grimness of it, not even a bird in the air, or a leaping fish; complete desolation met the eye in every direction, a threatening, menacing dreariness amid which each approaching swell seemed about to sweep them to destruction.