"
"Your only patient, doctor," said the captain, cheerily, when Elsie had
done fondling the dog. "Even crediting our poor fireman to the enemy's
score, we have had the best of the first round."
"Is there any likelihood of a second attack?"
"I hope not. Indeed, I shall be very much surprised if they show up
again."
"Ah, that is excellent. Our young lady here does not thrive on
excitement, especially of the murderous variety. She is on the verge
of a high fever."
"Then she can calm down now; there will be no more fighting to-day,"
said Courtenay, with a smiling glance at Elsie which told her quite
plainly that Christobal did not really know what he was talking about.
Which goes to prove that even a prudent man may say mistaken things,
with both his tongue and his eyes.
CHAPTER XIV
THE FIRST WATCH
On his way back to the deck, the captain encountered Suarez. The man's
gestures, and the satisfaction which lit up his wrinkled face, would
have told the news he wished to convey if Courtenay were not able to
catch the words "Indianos" and "van." In his excitement the Spaniard
pulled the Englishman towards one of the peep-holes in the canvas
screen.
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