I really believe
that if he were to get killed--! Oh, really? Well, I have work to
leave behind me in the world; I have no fancy for being left
childless--Now, do not raise objections, Betty; it shall be as I
say--he is confined to the house. (Listens.) Hush; do not let any
one notice anything. (KRAP comes in from the right.)
Krap: Can you spare me a moment, Mr. Bernick?
Bernick (throwing away the cane): Certainly, certainly. Have you
come from the yard?
Krap: Yes. Ahem--!
Bernick: Well? Nothing wrong with the "Palm Tree," I hope?
Krap: The "Palm Tree " can sail tomorrow, but
Bernick: It is the "Indian Girl," then? I had a suspicion that
that obstinate fellow--
Krap: The "Indian Girl" can sail tomorrow, too; but I am sure
she will not get very far.
Bernick: What do you mean?
Krap: Excuse me, sir; that door is standing ajar, and I think
there is some one in the other room--
Bernick (shutting the door): There, then! But what is this that
no one else must hear?
Krap: Just this--that I believe Aune intends to let the "Indian
Girl" go to the bottom with every mother's son on board.
Bernick: Good God!--what makes you think that?
Krap: I cannot account for it any other way, sir.
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