And presently up and spoke the two brothers, one at a time, two at
a time, two dozen at a time for the bewilderment into which they plunged
the captain, until he gradually had Hugh Raybrock's deliverance made
clear to him, and also unravelled the fact that the person referred to in
the half-obliterated paper was Tregarthen himself.
"Formerly, dear Captain Jorgan," said Alfred, "of Lanrean, you recollect?
Kitty and her father came to live at Steepways after Hugh shipped on his
last voyage."
"Ay, ay!" cried the captain, fetching a breath. "_Now_ you have me in
tow. Then your brother here don't know his sister-in-law that is to be
so much as by name?"
"Never saw her; never heard of her!"
"Ay, ay, ay!" cried the captain. "Why then we every one go back
together--paper, writer, and all--and take Tregarthen into the secret we
kept from him?"
"Surely," said Alfred, "we can't help it now. We must go through with
our duty."
"Not a doubt," returned the captain. "Give me an arm apiece, and let us
set this ship-shape."
So walking up and down in the shrill wind on the wild moor, while the
neglected breakfast cooled within, the captain and the brothers settled
their course of action.
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