Shefixedhereyesonit。Shethought：\"Ishan’ttellhimanything。Impossible。No！Ishalltelleverything。\"Sheexpectedeverymomenttohearherhusband’svoiceandthesuspensewasintolerablebecauseshefeltthatthenshemustdecide。Somebodyondeckwasbabblingexcitedly。Shedevoutlyhopedd’Alcacerwouldspeakfirstandthusputoffthefatalmoment。Avoicesaidroughly：\"What’sthat？\"AndinthemidstofherdistresssherecognizedCarter’svoice，havingnoticedthatyoungmanwhowasofadifferentstampfromtherestofthecrew。Shecametotheconclusionthatthemattercouldberelatedjocularly，or——whynotpretendfear？Atthatmomentthebrig’syard—armlightshewaslookingattrembleddistinctly，andshewasdumfoundedasifshehadseenacommotioninthefirmament。Withherlipsopenforacryshesawitfallstraightdownseveralfeet，flicker，andgoout。Allperplexitypassedfromhermind。Thisfirstfactofthedangergaveherathrillofquiteanewemotion。Somethinghadtobedoneatonce。Forsomeremotereasonshefeltashamedofherhesitations。
ShemovedswiftlyforwardandunderthelampcamefacetofacewithCarterwhowascomingaft。Bothstopped，staring，thelightfellontheirfaces，andbothwerestruckbyeachother’sexpression。Thefoureyesshonewide。
\"Youhaveseen？\"sheasked，beginningtotremble。
\"Howdoyouknow？\"hesaid，atthesametime，evidentlysurprised。
Suddenlyshesawthateverybodywasondeck。