"Perhaps you think you do," she said, now in full control of herself.
"But you are going to learn your mistake. I am here under unpleasant
circumstances, yet, I am not subject to your insult. I refuse to
answer you, or remain in your presence," she stepped aside, leaving
free passage. "You will unlock that door."
"Hardly that," and I could see his fingers shut down on the top of the
desk. "It takes more than a few words to change me. Really, I like
you better than I did. You are decidedly pretty now you are angry.
Besides, what have I to be afraid of? There is no one but us in this
part of the ship; I fixed that up before I went after you; even your
friend Craig is mooning around somewhere on deck, dreaming about a
fortune. If you cry out, no one will hear you, and if they did, God
pity the man who attempted to come in here. I 'm Captain of the _Sea
Gull_, and there 's not a rapscallion on board who would risk his skull
to help you. Even Craig would n't; Lord, he even told me himself you
were nothing to him."
"He--he told you that!"
"He certainly did, in this room. Come, now, what is the use of being
such a cat? I 'm not a bad fellow if I am treated half-way decent. I
've got money to spend, and know how to spend it.
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