And last night Silk came to me and asked me to get back the names." "You won't do it, will you ?" asked Bloomfield.
"No.

But the reason why Silk wanted it was because he was afraid of something else coming out.

He says it was Gilks who cut the rudder- lines." "What! Gilks ?" exclaimed Bloomfield, standing still in astonishment.
"It can't be! Gilks was one of us.

He backed our boat all along!" "That's just what I can't make out," said the captain; "and I wanted to see what you think had better be done." "Have you asked Gilks ?" inquired Bloomfield.
"No.

I thought perhaps the best thing was to wait till they had been up to the doctor.