They crowded up, threatening and shouting, close under the front veranda.

Sheldon leaned over the veranda railing, looking down upon them, while Joan stood slightly back.

When the uproar was stilled, two brothers stood forth.

They were large men, splendidly muscled, and with faces unusually ferocious, even for Solomon Islanders.

One was Carin-Jama, otherwise The Silent; and the other was Bellin-Jama, The Boaster.