? ? ? ? 'And when shall we arrive at Yokohama?' she asked, turning to him and looking him square in the eyes.
? ? ? ? There it was, the question flat. The jaws stopped working, the ears ceased wabbling, and though eyes remained on plates, each man listened greedily for the answer.
? ? ? ? 'In four months, possibly three, if the season closes early,' Wolf Larsen said. She caught her breath and stammered:
? ? ? ? 'I- I thought- I was given to understand that Yokohama was only a day's sail away. It- ' Here she paused and looked about the table at the circle of unsympathetic faces staring hard at the plates. 'It is not right,' she concluded.
? ? ? ? 'That is a question you must settle with Mr. Van Weyden there,' he replied, bowing to me with a mischievous twinkle. 'Mr. Van Weyden is what you may call an authority on such things as rights. Now I, who am only a sailor, would look upon the situation somewhat differently. It may possibly be your misfortune that you have to remain with us, but it is certainly our good fortune.
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