He spoke as though to himself.

"Many sins have I, many, many! But thou wilt not, O God, cast me utterly away because of them! I will not doubt Thee, nor my calling!" There was little space about him.

The _Nina_ seemed to quiver, packed and dark with men.

His deep voice went on, and they could hear him, but he did not seem to know that they were there.

"As though upon a raft, here a thousand leagues in Ocean-Sea! Yet wilt Thou care for thy Good News.