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Mie Dic 30 06:34:13 CET 2009

Ward has given us every assistance possible and we have searched the
ship thoroughly. Unless he has found a hiding place unknown to your
steward, and not apparent to us, the man is not on board." The Captain
frowned slightly. "You are not suggesting that that is possible, I
suppose?" Quest did not at once reply. He was thinking of Laura's
obstinacy. "Personally," he admitted, "I should not have believed it
possible. The young lady of our party, however, who declares that she
saw Craig board the steamer, is quite immovable." The Captain rose to
his feet. He was a man of medium height, strongly built, with short
brown beard and keen blue eyes. "This matter must be cleared up
entirely," he declared brusquely. "If you will excuse me for a moment, I
will talk to the young lady myself." He walked firmly down the deck to
where the two girls were seated, and paused in front of Laura. "So
you're the young lady," he remarked, touching his cap, "who thinks that
I come to sea with criminals stowed away on my ship?" "I don't know what
your habits are, Captain," Laura replied, "but this particular criminal
boarded your ship all right in Southampton Harbour." "Anything wrong
with your eyesight?" the Captain enquired blandly. "No," Laura assured
him. "I saw the man, saw him just as plainly as I see you now." "Do you
know," the Captain persisted, "that Mr. Quest and Mr. Harris have
searched every nook and corner of the ship? They have had an absolutely
free hand, and my own steward has been their guide. They have seen every
man, boy, woman and animal amongst my crew or passengers." "They've been
fooled somehow," Laura muttered. The Captain frowned. He was on the
point of a sharp rejoinder when he met Laura's eyes. She was
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