I saw a man's white face--nothing else.

He must have been leaning over the rail.

He heard me call out and he disappeared." The Captain came slowly out of the shadows, limping a little and followed by his steward, who was murmuring profuse apologies.
"Did you find him ?" Laura demanded eagerly.
"I did not," the Captain replied, a little tersely.

"I ran into Brown here and we both had a shake-up." "But he was there--a second ago!" Laura cried out.
"I beg your pardon, miss," Brown ventured, "but the deck's closed at the end, as you can see, with sail-cloth, and I was leaning over the rail myself when you shrieked.

There wasn't any one else near me, and no one can possibly have passed round the deck, as you can see plainly for yourself." Laura stood quite still.
"What doors are there on the side ?" she asked.
"The doors of my room only," the Captain replied, a little shortly.