I think we need not discuss the matter any longer, especially as the tide is high enough by this time to run out of the bay.

Disarm him." "Say, what sort of a joke is this ?" demanded the captain.
"If you are good-natured enough to regard it as a joke, I have not the least objection," replied Christy.

"But I shall be under the painful necessity of confining you in your stateroom for the present, and I hope you will make yourself as happy as possible, Captain Folkner." The lieutenant directed Flint to have the prisoner conveyed to his stateroom, and to have a man stationed at the door to see that he did not escape, or do any mischief.

The sentinel was to keep his eye on him all the time, and not allow the room to be closed for a moment.

The most reliable man of the party was selected for this duty, for the captain, in a fit of desperation over the loss of his vessel, which was his fortune, might attempt some reckless act.
Accompanied by six men, Christy visited the engine-room, where nearly all the hands remaining on board were employed.