And yet Seth did not look triumphant or even happy.

Bennie D.resolved to show no signs of perturbation or doubt, but first to find out, if he could, the truth, and then to act accordingly.
"Mr.Bascom--" he began.

The lightkeeper, greatly alarmed, interrupted him.
"Hush!" he whispered.

"Don't say that.

That ain't my name--down here." "Indeed?
What is your name ?" "Down here they call me Seth Atkins." Bennie D.looked puzzled.