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more’n he had the mates. It was a question of goin’
into a scheme to rob the brig, sir, an’ findin’ ourselves
in a reg’lar murderin’ scrape. That’s God’s truth, sir,
whether you believe it or not.”

The man spoke so earnestly that Ben could not fail to
believe him, but he made no comment whatever upon the
confession.

After examining the bandages to make sure they were
yet in place, he returned to Miss Dunham with the story
the mutineer had told him.