Here the skipper put an end to the interview. He had evidently seen and had enough of the Boissons, husband and wife, and, ascending the companion-ladder at the same time as Garry and myself, I heard him muttering to himself as he went along and just caught the following words: "To think--brave men--lose--valuable--save such--theirs--too dreadful. She frivolous--he--a--damned coward!" laying a rather strong emphasis on the last words.